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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Don’t Feed The Monkeys
February 2013: The feeding of monkeys, though illegal as per the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, is a common practice among tourists in Maharashtra’s wildlife

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An Extract from Exotic Aliens - T...
An astounding postulation by Valmik Thapar - that both lions and cheetahs may have been imported from Africa and might never have been native to India - throw

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The Social Conquest Of Earth
Often described as Charles Darwin’s living heir, E.O. Wilson is an original thinker whose assessment of the human impact on the biosphere will probably be rem

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The Environment Conservation Grou...
What started as a casual talk between three friends - Mansur Ahamed, Mohammed Saleem and Gaythri Devi - to bring the birdwatchers of Coimbatore under one grou

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Trains Over Tiger Reserves
February 2013: The argument for the construction of a new railway line to connect Nanjangud in Karnataka with Nilambur in Kerala, at the cost of Rs. 3,384 cro

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Keep Off The Hesaraghatta Grassla...
In response to a PIL filed in December 2012 by the Arkavathi and Kumudvathy River Rejuvenation Trust (Arkavathu mathu Kumudvathy nadi Punaschetana Samithi in

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Keeping Old Flames Alive
As mysterious as they are beautiful, the six flamingo species known to man have fascinated artists and scientists in equal measure down the ages. The Egyptian

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Harriers - Countryside Grassland...
Some 20 years ago, on a November morning, we arrived at a grassland patch or kancha as they are called, near Hyderabad, just as dawn was breaking. A few wisps

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Meet Subramanian Ramadorai
A man of vision and integrity, Padma Bhushan S. Ramadorai was among those who positioned India as a powerhouse on the global information technology map as the

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Ruhunu National Park threatened.....
January 27, 2013:Sri Lanka and India face common wildlife problems Despite a slew of public protestations, land continues to be cleared in the buffer zone of

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Delhi Sustainable Development Sum...
January 31 - February 2, 2013: TERI’s flagship event DSDS, is at the forefront of the dialogue on sustainable development. A major international forum, the Su

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BNHS In Gir National Park
May 15-18, 2013: GIR NATIONAL PARK - THE LAST REFUGE: Gir National Park is one of the oldest National Parks of India and is famed for being the last refuge of

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