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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Rising Sea Levels Seen As Threat...
March 13, 2012: About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because

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More Signs That Tar Sands Is A Ba...
March 13, 2012: Tar sands oil mining causes more carbon pollution than previously estimated - according to a new study.  This study reaffirms how bad of an in

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14 Bird Species On Verge Of Extin...
March 26, 2012,(PTI): At least 14 species of birds from India are on the verge of extinction due to poaching, over use of pesticides and loss of habitat, gove

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Off To See A Tiger
March 26, 2012: When I first heard that I was going to Bandipur Tiger Reserve as a part of Kids for Tigers programme, I was elated and kept daydreaming about

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Jayanthi, Bina Differ On Man-Anim...
March 20, 2012: Even as Rajasthan’s minister of environment, the flamboyant Bina Kak has expressed apprehension at the rising cases of human-animal conflict,

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Gir Lions: SC Hearing Put Off, Is...
March 20, 2012: Even as the Supreme Court hearing on the matter of relocating some of the Asiatic lions from Gir forests to Kuno Palpur Sanctuary in Madhya Pr

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India Could Ban Airlines From Com...
March 20, 2012: India could soon become the next country to prohibit its airlines from complying with the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS).

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Address Climate Change With Scien...
March 18, 2012: To develop an effective approach to climate change, don't rely on public opinion polls; pay attention to those who are "voting with their feet

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Fiji Climate Change Policy Now In...
March 19, 2012,(Suva, Fiji): “Climate change constitutes some of the greatest barriers to sustainable development with widespread and cross-sector effects, pu

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State Prepares Action Plan On Cli...
March 19, 2012: The state will send its final draft on the action plan on climate change to the Centre in a few days. The plan includes the government's strat

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East Africa: Legislative Assembly...
March 18, 2012: The Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Abdirahin Abdi has called for a stronger financing mechanism to combat climate cha

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Student Competition Aims To Find...
March 19, 2012: Students can now help to spread the message and raise awareness of climate change through the National Climate Change Competition (NCCC).

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