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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The Tiger's Trauma
Given the trauma that the tiger is currently facing with poachers, miners, dam builders and more chipping away at its future, perhaps it is time to revisit an

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I miss Mahatma Gandhi

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Earthquake Research Sends Tremors...
August 2012: A proposed plan for earthquake research in the core areas of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve has both shocked and appalled conservationists across Ind

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Tourism In Tiger Reserves
August 2012: The Supreme Court of India, by way of an interim order, has banned tourism in the core areas of national parks and sanctuaries in response to a P

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Cutting Edge Conservation
Against the backdrop of the larger battle against India’s quixotic tourism policies, some organisations such as ‘Tigress@Ghosri’ are helping wildlife habitats

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Having Your God And Eating Him To...
It was fear, faith and dependency that combined to force the people of the Indian subcontinent to worship nature. If they did not venerate and propitiate th

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Siachen: A Shared Heritage
At 70 km. long, the Siachen Glacier is the longest glacier in the Karakoram Range. It is the second-longest glacier in the world’s non-polar regions and is of

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Hathikuli Goes Organic
Darkness was yet to descend. In the last few minutes of daylight, Rajesh and I searched for spiders along the edges of the tea garden when the phone rang and

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Results of the Sanctuary Rapid Bi...
The shift from chemical to natural strategies is being documented by two young field researchers, Zeeshan A. Mirza and Rajesh V. Sanap who are conducting a pr

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Tourism Ban Opens Can Of Worms In...
July 27, 2012: The state temporarily shut the doors of Tadoba for tourists, following the Supreme Court ban verdict on July 24. However, those watching the de

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Green Brigade Hails SC Order On T...
July 26, 2012: The Supreme Court's interim ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves has been hailed by the ministry of environment and fo

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