Aparajita Datta
Aparajita Datta (an haife ta a 1970) masanin ilimin halittu ce ta Kasar Indiya wanda ke aiki da Gidauniyar Kare Natabi'a .  Binciken da ta yi a cikin dazuzzuka masu yawa na Arunachal Pradesh ta yi nasarar mai da hankali kan ƙahonin kare, yana ceton su daga mafarauta. A cikin shekarar 2013, tana ɗaya daga cikin masu ra'ayin kiyaye muhalli takwas don karɓar kyautar Whitley.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haife ta a garin Kolkata a ranar 5 ga watan Janaira ta 1970, a shekara ta 1978 ta koma da iyalinta zuwa Lusaka, Kasar Zambiya, inda mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin akawu. Lokacin da ta lura da sha'awarta ga dabi'a, malamin ta na Makarantar Duniya ta Lusaka ya ba ta kulawa ta musamman, tare da gayyatar ta zuwa gidan zoo na makarantar. Bayan shekaru biyar a Afirka, dangin suka dawo Indiya inda, bayan sun kammala makarantar sakandare, ta yi karatun ilimin tsirrai a Jami'ar Shugaban kasa, Kolkata . A lokacin da ta kammala karatun ta, ta shiga Cibiyar Kula da Kayayyakin Dajin ta Indiya inda ta samu digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar dabbobin daji a shekara ta 1993. Yayin da take jami'a, ta haɗu da wani ɗalibin mahalli mai ilimin halittu, Charudutt Mishra, wanda ta aura a shekara ta 1999.mayar da ita zuwa Arunachal Pradesh inda ta binciki yanayin halittar kaho a cikin Wurin Dajin Pakhui, inda ta samu nasarar kammala digirinta na uku. A ciki, ta bayyana cewa kaho yana da mahimmanci ga muhalli yayin da suke yada kwayayen bishiyoyi daga sama da nau'ikan 80, wasu suna dogaro kacokan kan kaho. Ta kira ƙahonin da suke kira "manoman dajin".   Kare Lafiyar Yanayi da kuma shirin Kungiyar Kare Dabbobin Dajin na Indiya domin binciko illar farautar kabilanci a kan yawan kaho. Sakamakon tuntuɓar da mafarautan yankin, ta bayyana kasancewar barewar ganyaye da baƙin barewar da ke haushi a Indiya. Kasancewa tare da mijinta Mishra da masanin kimiyyar halittu Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan, ta yi balaguro zuwa tsaunukan Himalayas a Arunachal Pradesh inda bayan sun ga goran kasar Sin, sun sami wani sabon nau'in biri mai suna Arunachal macaque.

Daga nan sai Datta ya fara aikin farko na kidayar namun daji a Arunachal wadanda suka hada da beyar, damisa, damisa mai gizagizai da barewar miski a Namdapha National Park . Ta kuma ci gaba da nazarin ƙahonin da ke nunawa bisa taimakon tsoffin mafarautan Lisu da tribesan kabilar Nyishi. Ta taimaka musu su daina farauta ta hanyar basu tallafi na kiwon lafiya, kula da lafiya da wuraren renon yara don yaransu.  Datta ta bayyana hanyoyin da ta bi: "Mutanen Lisu suna tare da mu. Sun nuna kuma sun gaya mani abubuwan da ban sani ba. Ina tsammanin masanan kimiyyar halittu sukan manta da yadda muka dogara da hankalin mutanen gida. A wurina wani ɓangare na mamakin wannan wuri mai ban mamaki shine kasancewa tare da Lisu, tare da su a cikin daji.” 

Datta da heran wasanta masu nazarin halittu sun kuma taimakawa mutanen Lisu samun wasu hanyoyin samun kuɗin shiga ta hanyar bunƙasa kasuwancin sana'ar hannu da abubuwan jan hankali na yawon buɗe ido a yankin.

Kyaututtuka 

 2004: Sanctuary Asia 's Duniya Heroes Award (tare da Charudutt Mishra 
 2009: Matan Gano Kyautar Dan Adam don kokarin kiyaye al'ummomi 
 2010: National Geographic Emerging Explorer 
 2013: Kyautar Whitley

Manazarta 
 
Rayayyun mutane
Haifaffun 1970
Ƴancin muhalli
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