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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Save The Indian Bustard Campaign
February 10, 2012: Why This Is Important - Less than 30 Great Indian Bustards survive in Kutch and this could be the last call to save them.  The Bustards are

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Convergent Evolution Of Endometri...
January 18, 2012: Prolactin (PRL) is a multifunctional signaling molecule best known for its role in regulating lactation in mammals. Systemic PRL is produced

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Detection Of Elephant Endotheliot...
December 20, 2011: This study assessed the feasibility of identifying asymptomatic viral shedders using a novel TaqMan real-time PCR on trunk washes and swabs

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Observation Of Ruminococcus Strai...
December 21, 2011: Asian elephant is indigenous to many countries including Thailand, but fermenter microorganisms in gastrointestinal tract of the elephant h

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Beyond The Last Village
February 2012:The authors share with us their insightful experience of a biodiversity expedition to Nagaland to explore areas that could be targetted for natu

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Blood Ivory Smugglers
February 2012:An hour later, word of gunshots reached us - I was with Mary Rice and Paul Redman from EIA and David Daballen from Save the Elephants - and as t

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Bringing Back Manas
February 2012: It’s just over a year ago. It is raining buckets through dawn, and I toss and turn wondering if the six a.m. park ride was as sane an idea as i

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Field Guide To The Marine Life Of...
February 2012: In a country dominated by bird, mammal and insect and even tree guides, the arrival of an illustrated field guide to the marine life of India m

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Climate, Water And Wildlife Threa...
February 2012: When a project that was rejected twice by a Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) in May 2011 and again in October 2011 and that was recommended agai

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WildCat-C
Brought together by a common interest in protecting India’s last remaining wildernesses, WildCat-C is changing the facing of conservation in Chikmagalur.

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Equity, Ecology And Economics - A...
Sanctuary Cover Story February 2012: A ministry that the late Prime Minster, Indira Gandhi, had farsightedly set up to defend the survival assets of the poor

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The Delhi Sustainable Development...
February 2012: Cynics say that most international conferences are little more than junkets where poverty and environmental protection are discussed over champ

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