 Check out WiNN India's Purnima Barman's interview with the BBC HERE ("The women trying to save an unpopular stork in India").
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  Check out this article by WiNN Member Dr. Aditi Sharma: "Challenges in Wildlife Veterinary Management in India & the Contribution of Female Veterinarians"  Photo Credit: Wild Spirit Fund  Read about WiNN India's Dr. Purnima Barman and her work in helping to save the endangered Greater Adjutant storks of India.   Left: Greater Adjutant stork; Right: Dr. Purnima Devi Barman
Photos by Gerrit Vyn In case you missed our June 24th WiNNsday with Dr. Caroline Ouko and Dr. Margaret Awuor Owuor, here's a brief documentary about their Akara Hills project. The WiNN December 2019 newsletter is out! You can view it in your browser here. Don't forget to sign up to receive future newsletters using the form in the sidebar on the right.   Assam in India has been witness to one of the most unique conservation success stories in the world, with the reversal of a species’ fortunes from being persecuted, to being revered as a national identity. The Greater Adjutant Conservation Initiative of Assam, India led by Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, Director, WiNN India, has now received another helping hand from New Zealand High Commission. The Commission had recently come forward to support the rural women’s efforts to save the endangered Hargila in Assam. This is one of the recent milestones the Hargila movement in Assam has been able to reach in recent months. Earlier this year, conservation activists from around the world had visited Assam to visit the Greater Adjutant habitat and attend Women In Nature Network's Global networking event that took place in Guwahati in January 2019.
The WiNN May 2019 newsletter is out! You can view it in your browser here. Don't forget to sign up to receive future newsletters using the form in the sidebar on the right.  Watch some highlights from the 3rd Annual WiNN Symposium, which was held in Guyana in August 2018. Thank you to Margot McManus for all her work in putting this together! You can watch the video here!  Group photo from WiNN Guyana 2018. Participants from 7 countries attended. WiNN members Claudia Sobrevila and Leeanne Alonso contributed to the World Bank "Voices" blog with a piece on WiNN India 2019 and the history of WiNN as a network. Click below to read the article:
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