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Champions of the Earth Award 2022
November 29 , 2022
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- Indian wildlife biologist Dr Purnima Devi Barman is among the honourees of this year's Champions of the Earth award.
- This is the U.N.'s highest environmental honour.
- This is conferred for their transformative action to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation.
- She had to change perceptions of the bird, known locally as “hargila” in Assamese (meaning “bone swallower”) and mobilised a group of village women to help her.
- Today the “Hargila Army” consists of over 10,000 women to protect nesting sites, rehabilitate injured storks.
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