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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Global Business Leaders Make Push...
September 20, 2011,(New York): Nearly 300 business, government and civil society leaders from around the world gathered at UN Headquarters in New York today f

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In Depth: Chinese Demand Revives...
September 20, 2011: A long-dormant threat to Africa's elephant population is back with a vengeance, thanks to rising demand for ivory from newly affluent Chin

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Ecosystem Climate Relevance Beyon...
Dear WCPA Member,   As announced we are contacting you with an update on the international workshop “Ecosystem climate relevance beyond forests and peatland

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Tiger Link Reports
Click here for cover of Tiger Link in pdf format. Click here for actual Tiger Link Newsletter in pdf format.For further details on above please contact Ms. P

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A New Vision for Biodiversity Con...
  January 22, 2010. A New Vision for Biodiversity Conservation. IUCN’s draft position on a new (post 2010) Strategic Plan for the Convention on Biological Di

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Solid Waste
 India generates 200 gm. to 500 gm. of solid waste per capita per day.This is alarming when you consider that it is a mere 25 per cent of the Indian populatio

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Water
 The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) conducted a study on the problem of declining ground water levels across the country and re

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Air Pollution
Since 1975, the Indian economy has grown 2.5 times while the vehicular pollution load has grown 7.5 times.The deteriorating air quality in India can be attri

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Soil
 Soil is an important non-renewable natural resource that is made of mineral and organic matter. It can take up to 10,000 years to build enough soil to create

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Forests
Forests have a great deal to offer in terms of resources that are imperative to our biologic and economic sustenance. However, these resources are not limitless

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Wetlands
The Convention on Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar) defined wetlands as: "areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water whether natural or artificial, perm

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Oceans
The sea covers around 70 per cent of the earth's surface. India with a 7,516 km tropical coastline has one of the world's most extravagant and productive ecos

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