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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Meet Ganesh H. Shankar
Winner of numerous awards from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016, Birds Category (Natural History Museum, London) to first place in the macro category

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Through The Lens Of Protectors
Who better to tell the stories of our wildernesses than those who experience it on a daily basis, suggests Nandini Velho, while sketching portraits of two mem

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Star Tortoise Makes Meteoric Come...
The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), a medium-sized tortoise found only in Myanmar’s central dry zone, has been brought back from the brink of ex

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Sajal Madhu Launches ‘Haathi Sabk...
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Sanctuary’s Mud on Boots Project Leader Sajal Madhu launched an awareness campaign titled ‘Haathi Sabka Saathi’, for the lo

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WWF Study Yields Photo Evidence O...
WWF-India’s recent snow leopard study yielded photo evidence of the elusive species in Arunachal Pradesh, a state that is resplendent with biodiversity and ye

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The Mud On Boots Project: Updates...
It has been a busy September for our Project Leaders, and the month has featured wildlife rescues, community consultations and awareness programmes at several

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The Tigers of Bhopal: No Land for...

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Wildlife Photography In Transitio...
Involved in fostering a community of photographers and wildlife conservationists, Kalyan Varma is a recipient of numerous awards including the BBC Wildlife Ph

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A Kingdom Restored
Reiterating the importance of securing habitats as Protected Areas for wildlife, Sheren Shrestha shares the success story behind the resurgence of the Banke N

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Appa’s Mangroves
Malaika Vaz traces how a rigorous community effort led by Appa Rao Allarpathi overcame the onslaught of the unsustainable shrimp industry to restore a fragile

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Great Indian Bustards - Extinctio...
A citizen science initiative brings Vaishali Rawat in confrontation with the stark conservation realities facing the critically-endangered Great Indian Bustar

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In defense of the tigers

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