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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Researchers' Arrest: Embarrassmen...
April 17, 2012: The Madhya Pradesh forest department's wildlife wing is facing embarrassment over the arrest earlier this month of two Indian Institute of Sci

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GPS To Track Down Giant Squirrels
April 17, 2012: Maharashtra forest deparment will use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to collect data of exact number of Giant Squirrels, an endangered wi

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IISc Researchers Held For ‘Huntin...
April 14, 2012: Two researchers from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, were arrested on charges of alleged trespass

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Desert Solitaire: Why India And P...
April 10, 2012: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sat down in early April - their first meeting in three years - t

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'I want Legal Status For Tiger Ca...
April 16, 2012: Seven-time Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar seems to be very passionate about tigers. He is perhaps the only politician who has volunteered to talk

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Pictures Don't Lie... And Rhinos...
Sanctuary Cover Story April 2012: Sushil Kumar Daila, Divisional Forest Officer, Mangaldai Wildlife Division, recounts a recent rhino poaching incident in

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Parks, Sanctuaries On Mining No-G...
April 13, 2012: A panel set up to review norms for no-go areas that will protect certain areas from commercial activity is likely to recommend mining should b

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Five Bird Species In Maharashtra...
April 12, 2012: Five species of birds found in Maharashtra are on the verge of extinction. There are 14 species of birds that are critically endangered in the

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Why The Siachen Issue Must Be Res...
April 10, 2012: The Pakistan Army camp near the Siachen Glacier was buried under snow after history’s largest avalanche — about a square mile across — swept o

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Conservation Biology In India
April 2012: India has some of the finest scientists and field biologists in the world. Professor Biju Das, a Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award 2011 recipient,

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A Traditional Hunt
April 2012: The call came in on December 16, 2011, at 2:45 p.m. A group of Santhal tribals from the Hooghly district of West Bengal were about to embark on a

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Dam The Lepchas
April 2012: Photojournalist Shailendra Yashwant writes about threats to Dzongu, the legendary land of the Lepchas,in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India.

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