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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Yellow Frog!
June 2012: The natural world is never short of surprises. A frog has been discovered in western Panama that, incredibly enough, leaves scientists’ hands yello

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Russia, China Seek India's Help I...
June 13, 2012: The very first thing that these countries must accept, which India itself seems to be forgetting, is that the principal success of Project Tige

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Defence Plan To Ease Infra Projec...
June 12, 2012: The government’s bid to exempt application of environmental laws on infrastructure projects around border areas has faced stiff resistance from

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How Old Will You Be In 2050? Tomo...
This is a ‘Save our Tigers’ rally in progress in the heat of an unusually hot March 2012 day, on a crowded Dehradun street. I walked with David Hilton, Princi

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A Spot Of Bother!
This exquisite leopard was photographed on a dark night by young Zeeshan Mirza in one of the many shrinking pockets of wilderness that still survive between t

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Southeast Asia’s Tigers Dammed?
When the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) set camera traps in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex in 2011, the results were surprising - and underli

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The Leatherback Story
June 2012:January 11, 2012 - “We can leave at twelve o’clock," announces Tesoro, a senior field assistant at the remote Leatherback Camp on Little Andaman Isl

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Birds Of India’s Arid Lands
India’s arid lands and dry grasslands are possibly the most undervalued of all wildlife habitats. Agriculture, irrigation schemes, pesticides, overgrazing, ex

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Bruhanmumbai Municipal Corporatio...
June 11, 2012: Confirming the worst fears of residents and activists, the BMC has started dumping municipal waste on wetlands in the new landfill site at Kanj

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Western Ghats Panel Report On Win...
June 10, 2012: The state government has objected to the recommendations made by the Western Ghat ecology expert panel on setting up windmills in ecologically

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Notorious Wildlife Criminal Sansa...
May 31, 2012,(PTI): Notorious poacher and wildlife smuggler Sansar Chand, often termed as "the Veerapan of North India" was today granted bail by a Delhi cour

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Survey: Latin American And Asian...
June 5, 2012: Quito, Ecuador, is not considered a global leader by most measures. But there is one way in which Quito is at the forefront of metropolises worl

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