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A muster of adjutant storks perched in a tree in Dadara village, Assam.
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The landfill area of Badagaon in Guwahati has the highest density of adjutant storks in Assam.
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Greater adjutant storks, which are natural scavengers, gather at landfills in Assam to forage for food.
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The greater adjutant stork forages for fish.
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Purnima Devi Barman with a stork chick rescued at Dadara village on February 4, 2017.
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A meeting of the Hargila army in progress in Guwahati, on February 4, 2017.
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The Hargila army regularly conducts awareness programmes.
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A biodiversity class conducted by the Hargila army for the local community of women.
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Community dance programmes are organised by the Hargila army to involve and empower the women in the Dadara village, Assam.
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Arvind Mishra along with volunteers of the Mandar Nature Club, Bhagalpur.
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Volunteers of the Mandar Nature Club, Bhagalpur.
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Motifs of the greater adjutant stork on handloom sarees, an initiative of the Hargila army.
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Motifs of the greater adjutant stork on cloth bags, an initiative of the Hargila army.
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Schoolchildren in Dadara are sensitised through awareness programmes about the greater adjutant storks that nest in their village.
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Schoolchildren observe a statue of the greater adjutant stork in the local school in Dadara.
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The Hargila Learning and Conservation Centre, inaugurated at the Pacharia Kushal Konwar High School, Pacharia, Assam, on March 24, 2021.
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Purnima Devi Burman receives the Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2017.
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Purnima Devi Burman received the Whitley Award, considered “the green Oscar”, from the Whitley Fund for Nature, U.K., in 2017.
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