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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Ramnath Chandrashekar
At 22, Ramnath Chandrashekar has already chalked up an impressive list of achievements. Quite apart from being an accomplished nature photographer, he has a

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Aishwarya Sridhar
Aishwarya Sridhar is only 15 years old - one of the youngest ever Sanctuary awardees. But her age belies her wisdom. She is already a powerful voice for con

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Tengbat Sangma
At 25, Tengbat Sangma is a young naturalist with an abiding interest in amphibians. A field ecologist, this Garo lad from Theobonggre village in the West Ga

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Praveen Pardeshi
Praveen Pardeshi is convinced that the interests of Maharashtra and India will best be served if all sectors of society, government and non-government, work

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Rajendra And Pournima Kerkar
Their children are their life, and they believe that the lives of their children is living nature. This is why this dedicated husband and wife team have cho

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Tejvir Singh
Field Director, Sariska Tiger Reserve, Tejvir Singh believes that it will only be possible to save tigers if we are able to win the support of villagers livin

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Gopal Chandra Tanti
Laboratory Assistant, Sunderbans Tiger Reserve. His life is spent in boats and walking the muddy creeks and mangroves of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve.

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Biswajit Mohanty
Honorary Wildlife Warden, Dhenkanal. A wildlife activist who networks with groups across the country, Mohanty’s name almost invariably crops up when discussi

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Nitin Kakodkar
Deputy Conservator of Forests in charge of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, he has boosted the protection and management of the prime tiger habitat.

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S. Rangaswami
Tall, with a ramrod-straight figure and binoculars strung around his neck, 80-year-old S. Rangaswami seems to be living proof of Sálim Ali’s observation: “Tho

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J.C. Daniel
The recipient of Sanctuary's Millennium Lifetime Service Award, naturalist and large-mammal J.C. Daniel has been part of the Bombay Natural History Society (B

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Belinda Wright
Born in Kolkata, this warm-hearted conservationist is the Founder and Executive Director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). A dyed-in-the-w

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