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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Nilgiri Langurs Continue To Be Hu...
October 24, 2011: In spite of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the Nilgiri langurs (Trachypithecus johnii) continue to be hunted for the preparation of crud

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Future Shock For Kaziranga Wildli...
October 25, 2011: The main threat to Kaziranga National Park in the next 25 years will come not from poachers or encroachers, but the 70 dams that are being b

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China, Laos Will Expand Nature Re...
October 31, 2011: China and Laos have signed an agreement to jointly build another cross-border nature reserve in order to better protect the endangered Asian

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Bangladesh Dolphins Get Sundarban...
October 31, 2011: Bangladesh is declaring three areas in the southern Sundarbans mangrove forest as dolphin sanctuaries to protect freshwater dolphins, offici

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Beyond The Durban Climate Talks
October 30, 2011: Four years ago, the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called evidence for the warming of the climate system "unequivoc

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BASIC Countries Meet In China For...
October 30, 2011: With barely a month left for the global climate change negotiations in Durban, ministers from BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India a

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Filipino Climate Change Activist...
October 31, 2011: Too bad many of us in the Philippines missed “24 Hours of Reality," a day-long live-streamed event highlighting the reality of climate chang

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Climate: Which Nations, Cities Mo...
October 31, 2011: A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change but rich nations in northern Europe will be

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Countries Must Plan For Climate R...
October 27, 2011: The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an i

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Humans 'Locked In' To Warmer Worl...
October 30, 2011: Humans have "locked in" future generations to a warmer world but can still prevent "dangerous" climate change by scaling back emissions of c

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Bangladesh, India Top Climate Cha...
October 28, 2011: Some of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies, especially those in South Asia, are most at risk from climate change, finds a new

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AfDB To Launch $100b ‘Africa Gree...
October 28, 2011: The African Development Bank says there are plans in the pipeline to establish a $100 billion ‘Africa Green Fund’ to address the issues of c

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