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then perhaps we just don't understand today. the search for answers start to february 10th on d, w ah, o. at 1st glance, these rich and biodiversity wetlands of ne india evoke images of peace and serenity . but they also hold a terrible secret. rapidly shrinking weapons have become an existential set for the many species that reside here including one of india's most endangered birds, the greater edge attempts to with, but a snow. instead, a 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 stayed 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 . pret hima rach 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 that they pope everywhere and

before our law court, yards and houses. they didn't understand their importance, glory, a 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 its 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 own, but widespread 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 corny, my tv berman is a conservationist faced in a sam. 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. the in guy was done. 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 their store mom because they're inside of food. and this is one of the reason that people did them as the desk getting beers and miss emerge. them apart from feeding on carcasses of dead animals as 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. aah . 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 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. my mom did you bought a name in the women's day event has been organized for 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 hardest has been an isolated one. and panama it's lonely soldier. ah. 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 found it, do we done 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, saying they need our voice. ah, after that incident, hernon mac gave up on her ph. d plans. she realized 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 treat them leg like as our own family members, because they come so close to human have dish and they need our help. didn't need our protection.

ah, the village of data and the to surroundings villages of parthenia and sing a marya in the northeastern state. if i some of the largest clusters of hawkins in the world, this is no coincidence. ah, these women who are celebrating each other today, call themselves the hard to 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 prides itself in using cultural tools like traditional music festivities and dance to spread their message. i spoke song 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 activism to the streets, it is met with instant success, which i members write your own songs about them, hard to learn that they seem to the tune of existing folk and devotion i saw

a one, but i want them, i know most guys on i so and dos i go, yeah, i was, i way, much more. ha ha, or alpha low and again, dickie mccollugh echoed i was, i, i, now i me don't wanna be that strong. i got i rami there would download gum. gloria by him. would they be so good about you? it did was that me down ago in 2014 or 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. 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 mad gab, one boy beside so able saw, i look, get on it. it's all right. i got to up and look at on a by. he's a boring come eyes and all horrible, horrible. it is a do humbug, double up. none of us have bordered on it. so i will the by. did he stuff back i your bit. yep. not a lead. bored with images, with a hoc in the army, operates vertical hottie, the capital city of a, some in the last 50 years go. hottest 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 are metro lineal, 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 hearty 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 some 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 who 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 face that. so how, what about those who really room in, ah, my dad only encouraged him 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 hiding and so one or many zeno every are many they create the season model season so. so if we, if we could drop them in, 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 had again. i was the women whose life drastically changed is to knowledge berman to natalie. moved to dara in 2015 after marriage where she came in contact with the harlow 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 them. level one of our what i'm born in my by the way then po nima came on foot, the hog in the army, the down. why 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 they're not the damn me. i'm once we started attending meetings and leaving the confines of our home,

we started to understand more of the world. but what was sad? it motivated us, it changed the course of our lives. i might be one of the diag won't be holland illegally 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. midday. i now have a new sense of identity. what then is? i know i am donnelly bowman, member of the hagler army. i met at the hottest so yeah, having black hawkins live in these trees for me, but i bet they live right next to my house diamond. we can see the birds,

we can hear them and we can smell them. and it's a smell. you will never forget about these intimate spaces shared by the birds and humans had created a huge challenge for the har gala army 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, humpty, 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 then and people start to complain about the smell. they come and tell us where the smile is coming from a nozzle. i haven't you checked on any the, the trees that the hog on the generally build nests on are called the cut them, or bir flower trees. a fully mature tree can grow up to 45 meters parker,

las usually build their nest right on top. the hard to 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 heart of the army. usually per niema with her team can arrive as quickly as possible to the location and try to save the bird life. oh oh i my doctor might be the media biggest the bye bye bye. it is

a high man's body. just dying to fly and go back the dough within, but ah, then then suddenly it happens every year. as i mentioned in more than 50 percent. but 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 carlos. for now, the forrest department does allow, pardon him, his team to use a room in an abandoned office. he did not ask you, i said if he did them already, any legacy remaining like you did so long, i want to come or guys this 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 in there to quality for head from a different location. so he said that he will be gone. he will be dying to come in for an emma becomes a surrogate mother to the rescued birds. only $1200.00 greeter adjutant storks be mean 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's species live and breathe in wetlands. ah, the future of the planet is also steep. if these fragile ecosystems disappear forever, ah, and without a natural habitat, the hardened as 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 mean, we trust i did because i feel like dead though. the high glovers don't get dress

bagged after that is do the weird and under any my leg tigers, and i know you've been there. have so many have been the daughter any meals highlighting the how you lug lard doesn't. did the seamless big from dell for sales and all? well, oh, back at the village, women of the hearken, the army are in preparation mode again. hello, hello my me. alejandro. there is a meeting tomorrow in go a hearty. i don't wanna, it's a 10 o'clock law baller. i mean, yeah. and it will be good if we could get more women to attend a car does that was a 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. patty, my takes the lead in oh no, i'm a community leader. so i have to take responsibility for employee coin already a. so as a meeting today, an important meeting on that day. we want to think of how to bring a more women into the army. i report how to make them aware. i've extended an invitation to lots of women. i called many on the phone where i was eagle handled now i'm going door to door to reach those that i couldn't call it in my know i was calling about an 80 meeting off my to do

like i said 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. hi nancy. i listen to the legacy for the 1st time in their lives. they have complete ownership over their time and actions without the involvement of man. 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 large, dim 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 with the game. for what big, rocky morrila, i mean brooklyn probably go on a road. but that greg memorial army both wonder, i will ego toy the i really go rock. they'd be able to go rock baby. ha, ha ha. now do you have done on it? good to get brought it the hobbit, the now you home die roll up. and i look in one of the he bought me but big,

but big more. he likes higher all me does entire ali wrote big movie ladder off. 6 on the hub, the s at yahoo! li, midday go to gomeier, ballmer bamboo. i don't. what, what do you want your tea for? nima? i 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, alphabetical, i did was no way i made the of the month. i mean,

i didn't housing and why did my limit for adults? the learning is rooted in cultural references for students. information is passed on through games and i, children are also taught about the interdependence of each species through a game per name recalls the web of life. no brought him away. no daily, daily at the my to who diana gave the balloon. ha ha dalbert. i'm echo and i do cook windows, alizae jacobo pick will you say you had gone about? just keep on boise or nosey boise. bye bye. you is there mar noise? it was always a cash deal. jose goro say bog was a bug and

a get a's al corners. the guy looked on it. i get a band that only if i had another gordon when i me as a little bit at bad the lord and he gets out one of his about that i'm going to go why the lord? i do so i know they are 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 ah, the. ready historically, a woman's weaving skills were an important determinant for marriage eligibility, but today it is the skill that has helped women of the heart of the army to further their cause. busy

ah, with government support weaving centers in various villages 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, he hasn't known us or not, but i yet say adam body, so we, we never know. we began in 2015, but there has been weaving here ever since sarah. we make various articles of clothing and i also have a loom at home out there who is here. that's where i know we love at here. we work in a group where i work here during the day and at night 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 yellow on their clothes. ready ready ah, did the hot night nicky bye did it when people see hug and every day not just in the fields, but on so close the manual, they take more interest in the birds. i mean the i also sell uh products online and people ask his questions. what was that he bought, they kola, they want to know more about it on monday and it's done a lot to support our efforts by the go said the honda civic. oh, i thought that there was like a wooden back at the makeshift rescue facility. a veterinary doctor has finally

been able to check on the rescued bird you know, do that 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. his number. 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 they're the oldest for this is a stronghold of the greater adjutant stoke. as you know, this bird is an endangered species, so it's important to see 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 stress 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. i don't have a whole to that fire. 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 vulcan in about my day, what had implemented of i dekaiser included amazon. then a photo body will put some powers us for aspect of the amazon 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, what did you really i know it was even though most of the women in the heart of the army have barely had access to education. this has never stop 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 ah, i don't be locked down. no. hm. either. i mean, we got, we sold a lot of mos during lockdown. be to be honest saga will, might have stopped doing not go out of the high. gonna ami 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. anyway, moxie lies you out. who hayes, everybody income was bought their efforts in consequence success have shown how women from low income societies can become powerful partners in species conservation. my daughter, my, i know how to pinnacle visiting from other countries also like to buy the hockey. like i'm was sa, say they want to know what a ha, ha is. and what we in the ha,

gonna do. what our responsibilities are. i mean, the harvey le motif has made the hug the army known all over the world. hi, my name caught auto body barrier, not that significant, otherwise, in mostly just house was on you, but now the whole world was to know is a come to go to who to ah, the day arrives when one of the rescued birds is ready for release. panama 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 persons should be involved in the release of any species into the wild. but after years of experience

and experimentation, panama feels confident about such missions. if that can, oh oh, what it was locked the wilson and so the time has come for the bird to join it's kin in nature ely that will only own a place of relief which borders the weapons where more harmless live has already been identified. and amy was my last name. in the last 5 years, hundreds of young birds have been saved through such rescue missions. ah, just before sunset, the motley rescue crew begin their money to take the birds far from the madding

crowd. ah, currently, most daughters have also joined her. not even a juvenile bird can easily way over 10 kilograms and requires a small army of its own to be carried ah, settled about one of them with an elegant museum, museum hesitant. at 1st, the bird quickly recognizes its new lease on life. yeah. hello john john lulu with one of heck about it. 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 one no. oh no. i don't know, i guess. oh, i'm ok, sidney recently i me. hi glenn, me. hi. i'm, he does happen to look at a home near say, everything you may dial my aguilar, mia. i me, gloria. so you guys are my now and i get back. he got fired or under to start i

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

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