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the search for answers starts february 10th on d, w. ah, hulu. at 1st glance, these rich and biodiversity wetlands have ne india evoke images of peace and serenity. but they also hold a terrible secret. rapidly shrinking weapons have become an existential threat for the many species that reside here. including one of india's most endangered birds, the greater adjectives, a but a slow and steady musical revolution is taking hold in the villages here led by rural women. their efforts have renewed hopes to bring this historic bird back from

the verge of disappearance. ah, ah. the village of data, and as some state lies on the northern bank of the mighty from up to of a river. most families here lived traditionally burning a simple income through small jobs in awe . petima wretch bunk, she lives here with her family, as well as her cows, parents and pigeons.

in for this livestock helps them earn a little extra money, hulu. living in harmony with animals, is not uncommon for most of the households here. ah, but one unlucky bird fell out of favor with the villages. the greater adjutant stork is one of the largest members of the stork family. in assamese, it is called ha glass, which means bone swallower. the high gallows are scavenger birds who primarily feed on dead animal flesh. standing at 5 feet tall, they are imposing the lars with a wink span of over 8 feet. well, it hub, i see i used to only see the hug left negative sides,

but they poop everywhere. and before long courtyards and houses, they didn't understand their importance. you, corey has scavenger burns and hard killers are extremely crucial to keeping the wetland ecosystem in balance. but because of its looks and lifestyle people considered it a bad omen and targeted it's nests to prevent its population from increasing. ah, ah, ah, in the 19th century, hundreds and thousands of greater adjutants were found across south and southeast asia. this stork belt stretch from pakistan all the way to vietnam. a wide spread destruction of its home in the wetlands.

largely due to human encroachment, led to a decline so severe that the greater adjutant went from being one of the most common storks to the rarest. in 2014 it was declared and endangered species. ah, i point my tv berman is a conservationist faced and a thumb she is examining this landfill, which is less than 20 kilometers away from the nesting site of the hagler. it also borders the deeper beal wetland as the borders of the landfill have extended further and further into the wetland over time. the food habits of the storks have also been impacted in 2008 while studying zoology in her master's program. she became interested in the greater adjutant storks it wasn't a subject that fascinated

a lot of environmentalists. but point emma found herself drawn to the cause of this much reviled bird. along the way, she realised that the bird survival faced more than one problem in garbage them. we mix everything like plastics and all. so we are we human beings. so also it it's, it's a, it's, it's our fall. we mix everything and then is this plastics goes to and they are so much because they are inside of food. and this is one of the reason that people did them is the, this getting bears and may say merge them apart from feeding on carcasses of dead animals is storks would usually catch small

fish and insects from the wetlands rivers for their young. mm. but those waters are now mixed with the garbage here. mm hm. and the hog, unless are forced to forage, pursued amongst people's waist. ah, this morning though, the village of data is being prepared for a special fest. ah, prettyman is overseeing all the different tasks that need to be completed preparing the refreshments for instance, which will all be made using local ceremonial methods

ah well hand pounding the wheat. the woman also willingly to ward off any negative penalty. 6 ah, ah, this week is then mixed with taggers to make several regional delicacies. bananas needs that are found in abundance here are often used as decorative items, holy offering of lamps dipped in, clarified butter is also me all the customs undertaken today are extremely traditional practices of the communities that live in this area. and women are at the forefront of all such cultural activities.

mama did you bought a naming a women's day event has been organized? did today, it will focus on how we women can progress much. so how we women can do anything today will celebrate women. ah, well, a lot of conservation efforts are poured into saving better known species, like tigers or elephants. the fight for the harbor law has been an isolated one and prima it's lonely soldier. the everything started from a an incident when it barson had got down in this thing tree and i was there and i saw the babies. oh, falling down and if you died and if you were alive. so debating i i had to be done

extended high glove board and i founded to be the most beautiful bought into a wall and i found more than that. i found it to be so we know sand our why live dear? so you know, sin, they need our voice. ah, after that incident, hernon mac gave up on her ph. d plans. she realised that her thesis on the bird would not be of much use if the bird itself did not survive. ah, i'm ready connected to high gland m. they are my swords down my life program. i want to build people that leg that build like our seal, then we should feed them leg leg as our own family members because they come so close to human heavy dish and they need our help. didn't need our protection. ah,

the village of data and the 2 surrounding villages of patio and siena, marya in the northeastern state of a, some of the largest clusters of haga in the world. this is no coincidence. ah, these women who are celebrating each other today, call themselves the harkin la army. ah, the hearken, the army is a conservationist group comprising of rural women who are on a single mission. ah, and that mission is to save the heart below before it's too late. i,

unlike mainstream methods of species protection, the heart of the army price itself in using cultural tools like traditional music festivities and dance to spread their message. i folksongs and dance are a huge part of community culture, not just in a some, but throughout india. when the har gala army picks its celebration style of environmental activists into the streets, it is met with instant success. he's a members, raphael own son, fidel and car guy with a thing to the tune of existing folk and devotional song.

a one, but i want them i know most guys on i so and dos i go yeah, i was i way my more ha ha. or alpha lewin again, dickie mccollugh echoed i was i i now i meet i wanna be i'd strong echo, dyer ami, that boy down more gum gloria by him. would they be so good about it did was that me down a book in 2014 a big her name is founded. the high gala army. what am i? she led them with a simple idea that the heartless were a part of their local culture in history illness,

and by adopting them as one of their own. these women could make a real impact on saving this species from extinction. without them off not over, no might get one very obvious, iso able saw, i look at them and it is all right. i got to up and look at our ne by, he's a boring come eyes and all horrible. horrible. it is a do home bubble up. none of us have bordered on it. so i was the by. did you stuff back in your debt? yep. not a lead board with it is with a hoc in the army, operates vertical hottie, the capital city of a some in the last 50 years go hotties population has more than double to make way for the expansion of human habitat, wetlands. that once surrounded the city have been rapidly cleared. mm.

even though many communities in the northeast of india or match millennial, this is not really resulted in women having more advantage or independence in everyday life. men are usually the only ones who are able to leave their house for an education or job. and with that had the ability to earn an income. ah, the per capita income of a son is one of the lowest in the country. oh her emma lives and grew happy with her husband and twin daughters conservation work. unlike a 9 to 5 job can continue 247 but

being one of the only female conservationists in a som has not been easy although it is not man's. and anyway, but if he did it, if he did that, women or men cannot be gonzales and his so i had that day and then there be, are in my life in so do when i was working. and then when i have this barrier, and i realize more about the way men empowerment, because if i having my, my study, having a good education, if i could fit that. so how, what about those who really room in, ah, not only encouraged panama to involved in real women. she knew that once given an opportunity like her women would be able to bring a considerable change in people's attitude towards the bird. busy

ready ah, so if we all day mean hiking and so one or many zeno every or many they create the season model season so. so if we, if we could all day mean i think our mission would be successful. tough as it might have been. her efforts have not gone unnoticed. hern emma has won several awards and grants, which she likes to keep laid out in her living room as reminders. oh yeah. i know. i. oh

i. what are the women whose life drastically changed his to knowledge berman to nally moved to dara in 2015 after marriage where she came in contact with the heart of the army that demons on us. and then when i got here, there wasn't much awareness about the birth of the among the people didn't really know much about the hog elect or how it could benefit. then you never went over. what i'm born the my by the way then for nima came on foot, the hog in the army, the damn way come gun after i started working with the hi, gonna army and was able to and some income. it really made a difference for my family. i was in, i think, mana, the damn me. and once we started attending meetings and leaving the confines of our home, we started to understand more of the world. but what was said,

it motivated us. it changed the course of our lives. i'm or the one of the diag won't be whole any legal in awe. in one of her award applications, panama proposed to buy sewing machines to help recruit women in the heart of the army and it worked. the lure of such an opportunity brought hundreds of women into the movement. ah, that the m y high glare me then i now have a new sense of identity. one of them is, i know i am donati bowman, member of the hagler army. i met at the hottest so yeah, having black hawkins, i live in these trees. so i mean, what i do, they live right next to my house at diamond. we can see the birds,

we can hear them and we can smell them on it's a smell. you'll never forget gas. out of these intimate spaces shared by the birds, a humans had created a huge challenge for the hog alarming as they pushed for a change in behavior towards the bird. the droppings of the bird comparable to those of a big animal. create a stench that fills up the entire area where it resides. in ohio, honey, there are a few issues that we have to deal with. if a bird falls down from a tree and we fail to notice, or if it dies, then there's a strong stench and, and people start to complain about the smell. they come and tell us why the smile is coming from a nozzle. i haven't you checked on anything the trees that the hog on the generally built nests on are called the cut them, or bar flower trees. a fully mature tree can grow up to 45 meters. park less usually build their nest right on top. the harder le chick is dependent on its

parents entirely until 4 months after its birth. while learning how to fly, it is common for young harlow babies to fall out. many times, even though it is fallen from its nest, the baby bird can be saved if it is found in time. after years of awareness campaigns, the villagers know that if they spot a baby bird that has fallen from the tree, they can call any member of the har gala army. usually per niema or her team can arrive as quickly as possible to the location and try to save the bird. oh my oh, i my doctor might be the media biggest the bye bye. my. it is a high man's body, just dying to fly and go back. but oh wait then, but ah,

then then suddenly it happens every year, as i mentioned and more than people give us and botch hold on in, need need rescuing all and many of them dire. so despite several requests, neither the state government nor the forest department have set up a formal center for rescue and release of hard to live for now, the forest department does allow pardon of his team to use a room in an abandoned office. he did not ask you, i said if he did them already, any name legally, we may need like 5 days so long. oh, what a gum! our guy says. but this does not deter panama, who leads no stone unturned to try and save the rescued birds. sometimes, however, injured animals require trained medical aid,

and this can be complicated when no such facilities are available. they don't have a 3rd here, but we have to add internet to quality head comedy venue fusion. so you said that he'd be gone, you'd be dying to come. lou panama becomes a surrogate mother to the rescued parts. only 1200, greater adjutant storage remain on the entire planet. these wetlands are also shrinking at an alarming rate. along with human encroachment, climate change forces and pollution are drying up their water sources more than a 1000000000 people depend on them for

a living and 40 percent of the world species live and breathe in wetlands. ah, the future of the planet is also at stake. if these fragile ecosystems disappear forever, ah, and without a natural habitat, the haggling existence will come in conflict with human activity even more. this makeshift rescue center is in a deplorable condition. despite efforts of the heart of the army, no one else as yet seems interested in taking the life of the rescued harmless seriously. i merely trust a dead because i feel like dead dog. the hardy glovers don't get dressed bag after they're still though with and under any my leg tigers, and i know they have,

they have if something happens to the other animals. so i think the how you log marred doesn't did the same as break from the office as an all day. oh oh, back at the village, women of the heart in the army are in preparation mode again. hello. hello me and me, there's a meeting tomorrow in go a hearty. i don't wanna, it's a 10 o'clock law. i mean, yeah. and it would be good if we could get more women to attend a 1000. i already said i

ah, today the mission is to organize a meeting at a new village in order to recruit more women into the army. putting my takes the lead in all when you're a day. i'm a community leader leave, so i have to take responsibility on 40 coin makalya. so as a meeting today, an important meeting on midday. we want to think of how to bring a more women into the army out. i report how to make them aware. i've extended an invitation to lots of women, while i called many on the phone where i was eagle 100. now i'm going door to door to reach those that i couldn't call at them. i know i'll call you got as a violin wife and 180 meeting off my do i do

why i leave. i don't over time learning how to organize themselves and speak about environmental issues to strangers. has given these rural women a confidence they didn't know they had no no, no, no knee. what are you doing? you go to? yes, we have to discuss the details of the meeting meeting. yeah. hannah say i listen with for the 1st time in their lives. they have complete ownership over their time and actions without the involvement of men. as one of the only female conservationists in this region, per anymore, is often invited to give inspirational talks at different places. you're going to e mommy company based in australia. actually when i,

when i go and meet people and create erin is it helps because they get more to learn about the boards and it alerts them ah, this morning she will be addressing female workers at a cosmetic factory. over $600.00 women are in attendance. it takes one success story to inspire thousands of others to break gender stereotypes. and perma is a skilled public speaker who easily and raptures her audience. but again, for what dig rocky morrila, i mean brooklyn probably go on a road. but that greg memorial army broken down, i believe all toys the i really go rock. they'd be able to go rock, baby hub data. not a hot dog on it. go to get brought baby hub, the now you home doll up and i look i'm one of the he bought me but big but big more. he like excited all me. does entire ali wrote dig morrila awkward on the hope

. the essay. yeah. adequately midday. go to guy me now i'm out of bound to i don't what, what do you want your tree for numa unable to do it. oh, why don't i oh that one has yet to be like a school workshops are also conducted to teach children about the birth, but more importantly to start environmental education at an early age. so moscow, iowa, ethnical i did was no way i made the of the month

i have been, i've been having in the my did my limit for adults. the learning is rooted in cultural references for students. information is passed on through games and aren't i? children are also taught about the interdependence of each species through a game per name who calls the web of life around the way down daily, daily at the my to who diana gave the black. ha ha dalbert i'm icon. i do cook windows. allison yet gonna buy pick? will you say yet going about keep bought on boise or know the boise bye bye. you is there mar noise? it was always a kid. they always a gorgeous day. bob was

a bug and a get a's al corners. the guy i looked on it. okay. i found that only if i lay hold on. let me go to what i me as a little bit bad to know what i like a dial tone is about not only going to go why did already so i know the i, the fuser and the in order you said is dependent on damon. we know we have dual and bar dead poise that we have to and bard him to was conservation. ah, the tradition of weaving is an intrinsic part of assamese culture. ready ready ah, the. ready historically, a woman's weaving skills were an important determinant for marriage eligibility, but today it is a skill that has helped women of the heart of the army to further their cause. busy ah,

with government support weaving centers in various facilities have been set up for local women are taught to run the move. no, ne ridgemont. she is one of the head weavers of the group. ah, i mean, who has opened on us or not? but i, yes, adam body, so we, we know we began in 2015 got there and weaving here ever since sarah, we make various articles of clothing and i also have a loon home out there who is senior. that's where i know we are here. we work in a group, i'm what i work here during the day and at night total i, we've on my own, lou in indian mythology, storks were carriers of the hindu god, vishnu. the creator of the universe. by popularizing this ancient religious

reference, the harlem motif was created as another way to bring familiarity and respect for the bird. this motif is now woven on to everything. they make towels shirts, dresses, micheler chad, doors, and even bags. it has become a way to recognize the members from afar. they are always wearing the hard color on their clothes. ready ready ready ready ah, the dad, i think he boy did it when people see hug and as every day, not just in the fields, but also wanna close the manual, they take more interest in the birds. i mean, the i also sell uh products online. and people ask us questions, what was that he bought, they call us and they want to know more about it, but i'm on it's done a lot to support our efforts back by the go see the honda civic. oh, i thought there was a couple of us back at the make shift rescue facility. a veterinary doctor has

finally been able to check on the rescued bird you know, do that a lot for them. oh, i thought of them as like up with to leave. the dedication of the team has paid off. the rescued bird has been given a clean chip by the doctor and can be released. the ring on the birds leg will help identify it as a rescued bird in the future. but this is a rudimentary set up. and currently there is no real way to monitor the birds whence they are back in the wild. now, more than ever, a formalized system of rescue and release has become a pressing need. if in the order for this is a stronghold of the greater adjutant stoke, as you know, this bird is an endangered species. so it is important to see to the care of as many as possible in order to support the population. that's why it is crucial to

have a rescue center close by to reduce the transport distance and stressed to the animals . if the birds receive proper, they can also be released right here. it is always better to treat and release animals in the same place. they what nationally rescued. unfortunately, not all the rescued birds can be saved. sometimes nature takes its course and the weakest ones do not survive well. oh well, i will hold that for you. okay. well, it isn't possible to give every bird a proper funeral government per anymore. and her team do a quick burial for the ones who were rescued. regardless, i don't know, i had a little boy, even i'm not going to do. i was able to a balcony above my pay. what had implemented of i dekaiser included amazon, then of the idea would put some powers us for aspect of the amana filename here to they follow the same traditional customs that they would

for bearing people. it's a symbolic way of giving the bird the same affection you would when a family member passes away. oh ah oh yeah, but you really, i know it even though most of the women in the heart of the army have barely had access to education, this has never stopped them from constantly innovating and pushing their mission further. noni and her group of weavers have decided to set up a travelling store whenever the women travel for meetings or visit festivals and

exhibitions. they carry their little boutique with them. i am a b because out of my beloved, now not her my at the i, me will who got we sold a lot of mass during lockdown. me to be honest saga will, might have stopped doing not done out of the high gonna army didn't slow down a bit. would best thought we were kept busy weaving up on celestial. we may i agree with you. i do, and we made mom ex moxie less, and that enabled us to earn an income and the remarks, the less you out. okay. so how much income was i bought their efforts in consequence success have shown how women from low income societies can become powerful partners in species conservation right on. but i'm on right now. how do you think of visiting from other countries also like to buy the hockey like i'm was so you say they want to know what a hog ya is. and what we in the ha,

gonna do. what our responsibilities are. i mean, the highland motif has made the high gala army known all over the world. hi, my name quarter auto body barrier. not that significant. otherwise, in mostly just house was on you, but now the whole world was to notice i'm to go to who to ah, the day arrives when one of the rescued birds is ready for release. current emma has come to the us some soon to prepare the final steps. the forest department has offered to let her use some of their resources to aid this process. in order to not injure the bird during transportation, the right box is really crucial. technically only trained person should be involved in the release of any species into the wild. but after years of experience and experimentation, perma feels confident about such missions if they can. 00111

model the wilson and so the time has come for the bird to join. it's kim in nature, ely, that will only a place of relief which borders the weapons where more harmless live has already been identified with in the last 5 years, hundreds of young birds have been saved to such rescue missions. ah, just before sunset, the motley rescue crew begin their journey to take the bird far from the madding

crowd. primaries, daughters have also joined her. or not even a juvenile bird can easily way over 10 kilograms and requires a small army of its own to be carried with an elegant museum, ms. m. hesitant. at 1st, the bird quickly recognizes its new lease on life with blue, with they own all the packing with and once it learns to fly, it can eventually nest its chicks in the cut down trees from where its own life,

whence began ah, we knew oh, no i don't know oscar. oh, i'm ok, sidney recently. i me. hi glenn, me. hi. i'm you don't happen to look at a home near say everything you might have done my article. i'm. yeah, i'm a gloria. so together my now and i could have he got this bardo under to start i,

by giving these women reasons to care about the 3rd. the heart of the army has also created a safe and inclusive space for rural women to be part of something bigger than themselves. i and perhaps the biggest victory has been that these women have not just put in a new lease of life to the bird. but also to each other i

am with ah, ah ah, ah, farmers in the print job region have 2 opposite problems. groundwater levels that are far too low or groundwater far too high. increasing salt levels in the soil. good trim, forming be the solution to what we are doing. i already exist,

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