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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Female Elephant Poisoned To Death
November 24, 2011: A female elephant found dead at the Khairahee waterhole in the Palamu Tiger Circle (PTC) on September 9/10 was poisoned to death. This was

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'Chaturvedi Report, A Death Warra...
November 22, 2011,(PTI): Green activists today claimed that the report of high-level B K Chaturvedi committee would be a "death warrant" for forests and wildl

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Undermining Tadoba's Tigers
November 23, 2011:Executive Summary - India is witnessing an unprecedented boom in coal mining and establishment of new coal-fired thermal power plants. A sig

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Fascinating Photograph Of Gangeti...
March 30, 2011: Gangetic River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) commonly known as ‘Xihu’ having the status of National as well as State aquatic animal

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First National Forestry Congress...
November 22, 2011: Need to Quantify benefits and Ecological Services Provided by Forests Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan appealed for more scientific analysis of the

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A Storm Foretold
November 26, 2011: Few of us are easily convinced of an urgency. How many people dead, we ask. How much money siphoned? Have wailing women and famished men wa

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Press Release: Reducing Food Wast...
November 21, 2011:Washington, D.C. - The holiday season is a time for gifts, decorations, and lots and lots of food. As a result, it's also a time of spectacu

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Press Release: Reducing Food Wast...
November 21, 2011:Washington, D.C. - The holiday season is a time for gifts, decorations, and lots and lots of food. As a result, it's also a time of spectacu

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Central India Loses Four Tigers,...
November 21, 2011: The male tiger "B2", who became a legend in Bandhavgarh National Park, died yesterday after a territorial fight with another tiger some dis

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Tiger Killed In Wire Trap Near Ti...
November 21, 2011: In a setback to tiger conservation in the region, a male adult tiger was poached near Bothgaon village in Patanbori range of Pandharkavda f

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Four Held For Two Jumbos’ Electro...
November 19, 2011: Bhatli and Lakshmanpur forest officials on Saturday arrested four persons for electrocuting two elephants at Chal village on Friday under t

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COP 17: KKL-JNF At The United Nat...
November 17, 2011: Ever since the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in 1995, the Conference of Parties (COP)

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