Hargila Stork, From Reviled to Adored: Part 2 : vimarsana.co

Hargila Stork, From Reviled to Adored: Part 2


Of the world’s 19 species of storks, the greater adjutant is the most endangered in the world. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimated the global population at just 800-1200 individuals. (Image by Carla Rhodes)
India Currents, in collaboration with bioGraphic and the California Academy of Sciences, is publishing a 2 part series on the striking endangered stork known as hargilas, or ‘bone-swallowers’, in one of their last homes – Assam. Read part 1 to the story
Contagious obsession
By the time the Women in Nature Network conference came to Purnima Devi Barman’s hometown in early 2019, she had transformed the greater adjutant’s prospects. Not only has the number of storks in the villages of Assam more than doubled since she began her work, from 400 birds to as many as 1,200 (of which 800 are mature), numbers of nests have grown nearly 10-fold, from 27 to 215 in the villages where she has focused her efforts. And there are signs of population growth to come. Not a single nesting tree has been cut down since 2010, Barman says. One colony is producing about 85 juvenile birds a year, half of which survive. And her conservation work has also expanded to include an assisted breeding program that is beginning to show results. After not producing any viable birds during its launch year in 2017, the program released one fledgling in 2019 and five in 2020.

Related Keywords

India , New York , United States , Guwahati , Assam , Brooklyn , America , American , Carla Rhodes , Purnima Devi Barman , Tracy Melvin , California Academy Of Sciences , Women In Nature Network , Manas National Park In Assam , India Currents , California Academy , Nature Network , Manas National Park , New York City , Devi Barman , North America , American West , இந்தியா , புதியது யார்க் , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , கூவடி , அசாம் , ப்ரூக்ளின் , அமெரிக்கா , அமெரிக்கன் , கார்லா ரோட்ஸ் , பூர்ணிமா தேவி பார்மன் , சுவடு மெல்வின் , கலிஃபோர்னியா கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் அறிவியல் , மனஸ் தேசிய பூங்கா இல் அசாம் , இந்தியா நீரோட்டங்கள் , கலிஃபோர்னியா கலைக்கழகம் , இயற்கை வலைப்பின்னல் , மனஸ் தேசிய பூங்கா , புதியது யார்க் நகரம் , தேவி பார்மன் , வடக்கு அமெரிக்கா , அமெரிக்கன் மேற்கு ,

© 2025 Vimarsana