Community participation
People are partners in conservation, bringing local experience and knowledge into the work.
Community · Conservation · Assam
Protecting the Hargila, together.
Dr. Purnima Devi Barman’s work brings people together around the greater adjutant stork and the habitat it shares with communities in Assam.
Known locally as Hargila, the greater adjutant stork has nesting sites close to people’s homes and shared landscapes. Purnima’s conservation work connects the bird’s future with the participation of the people who live alongside it.
The Hargila Army is a community-led movement that makes women’s participation central to conservation. Through shared learning, cultural expression and local action, the movement helps build understanding and care for the Hargila and its habitat.
Women’s leadership
Women help carry the Hargila story into community life and conservation action.
Habitat and restoration
Care for the greater adjutant stork is connected to the landscapes and ecosystems it depends on.
Learning and culture
Conservation messages are shared through education, creativity and cultural connection.
This profile presents work by Dr. Purnima Devi Barman alongside the communities who protect the Hargila and its habitat. Read her full story.
A shared future