Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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Of Pumas and Panthers
An American cougar takes an epic journey, and a Parisian panther paces behind bars. When will we make room on earth for the big cats, Jen Scarlott wonders?

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Dangerous Climate Milestone Passe...
On May 9, 2013, for the first time in recorded history, the daily concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Arctic atmosphere passed 400 parts per million

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Meet Bill McKibben
In recent months, students at hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States have been demanding that universities stop investing funds in coal, o

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Maduraikar or Mad-ur-kar

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The Indian One-Horned Rhino Needs...
The number of signatures on a petition (a link to the petition is provided at the end of this article) to save Assam’s remaining rhinos from rampant poaching

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MoEF: No to Captive Dolphins
In an important victory for marine mammals, India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has banned “dolphinariums" in the country.

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How To Steal A Forest
Sanctuary Asia has been waging a battle against elements within government, including the Ministry of Environment and Forests at the Centre, who are cold-bloo

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International Day for Biodiversit...
Sanctuary wishes its subscribers, nature lovers and every citizen of India a very happy ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’ on May 22, 2013. 

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The Latest Buzz on Bees
Two years of concerted campaigning against nerve-agent pesticides that decimate bee populations paid off in a landmark victory on Monday, April 29 when the Eu

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Dr. Ullas Karanth
Ullas Karanth is a quiet, determined, effective defender of the wilds. He is also unarguably one of the world’s finest wildlife biologists.

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Ritwick Dutta
In the last few decades, one of the shining beacons for India’s beleaguered forests and wildlife has been the Supreme Court of India. That is because lawyer

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Sasi Kumar T.
Driven and courageous Forest Rangers like Sasi Kumar are our best hope in the fight against the ruthless illegal wildlife trade, which is taking a terrible

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