INDIA'S PURNIMA DEVI BARMAN WINS 2024 WHITLEY GOLD AWARD FOR PLANS TO SCALE UP "HARGILA" STORK COMEBACK THROUGH "STORK SISTERS" ADVOCACY
India, May 4 -- UK charity the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) recognises Dr Purnima Devi Barman from India with the 2024 Whitley Gold Award for her work to save the Greater Adjutant Stork - known locally as Hargila - whose numbers have quadrupled in Assam to more than 1,800 thanks to a dynamic campaign she masterminded and which she is expanding to include 20,000 women.
Charity Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, presented the Whitley Gold Award - the top prize - on 1 May at the Royal Geographical Society in a ceremony that marks three decades since the very first Whitley Award was presented and 25 years since the Princess' involvement as Patron.
"Hargila were always misunderstood and treated as a bad omen or a disease carrier. If I didn't d...
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