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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N. Badusha
A simple man who lives to protect forests, he has been fighting the illegal sandalwood trade, forest encroachments in Wynad, commercial plantations on forest

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Srinivasa Reddy
A born leader and driver of change, Srinivasa Reddy has dedicated his life to the pursuit of a wildlife conservation ethic that guarantees a good quality of h

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P. Dhanesh Kumar
P. Dhanesh Kumar has undertaken Herculean tasks to protect India’s wildernesses. In the face of threats to himself and his family, he fought powerful forces

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Jadav Payeng
The stuff of Northeastern legend, Jadav Payeng’s story begins at the young age of sixteen, when he took over his family’s livestock, bought more, and starte

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Richard D’Souza
Richard D’Souza is a wildlife defender, but he will be remembered by the people of Goa as the man who protected their water sources forever.

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Cara Tejpal
Cara Tejpal, in her early 20s has already gained a reputation for hardcore wildlife conservation work. A combination of intelligence and compassion, her sed

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Roheet Karoo
Roheet Karoo is still haunted by the gruesome image of the dead tiger he saw outside the Government Veterinarian Hospital in Umred, near Tadoba in Maharasht

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Rohan Chakravarty
Rohan Chakravarty serves as a shining example of a young man who has proven that it is possible to fight for the environment without sacrificing other passi

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Chandrakant G. Wakankar
A modest man who always puts his wards ahead of himself, Chandrakant Wakankar’s love affair with nature spans four decades of sowing seeds of appreciation f

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Arti Kulkarni (IBN Lokmat)
Arti Kulkarni’s passion for wildlife and environmental issues has always burned bright. For over a decade, she has worked as a filmmaker and writer to sprea

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Deepak Atal (Amalgamated Plantati...
A special Wind Under the Wings Award goes out to a most unusual recipient... Amalgamated Plantations Private Ltd. (APPL), a Tata Group Company, which manage

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Best Tiger State Award 2012
In recent years, as all of us are acutely aware, the tiger slide has shaken us all. And a very tentative fight back has begun. To take stock of the tiger si

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