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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Rare Golden-Crested Myna Sighted...
September 7, 2011: An extremely rare bird has been sighted at Tinkupani Reserve Forest in Tinsukia district recently. Sanjay Das, an avid birdwatcher from the

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International Rhino Foundation Ne...
September 9, 2011: Hello Bittu, We recently invited IRF readers to take a brief, informal survey on legalizing trade in rhino horn.  Two hundred and seven o

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Delhi Zoo Becomes Virtual Island,...
September 11, 2011,(IANS): Life in the city may have returned to normal after Friday's torrential rains but Delhi Zoo is still a virtually island, while the a

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India Coal Shortage Spurs Larger...
September 12, 2011: The forest provides Ran Singh Marpachi with the betel leaves he sells in the market, as well as the food and medicinal plants his family h

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After Coal, ‘Go, No Go’ Zones Sug...
September 12, 2011: Even as the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee struggles to find an acceptable solution to ‘go, no go’ a

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The Week Ahead: Al Gore Leads Wor...
September 11, 2011: Former Vice President Al Gore of Nashville leads a worldwide, live-streamed, climate change-focused event called “24 Hours of Reality" tha

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UT, ORNL Join In Global Changes S...
September 11, 2011: The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab are teaming up with other agencies to collect data across the country in a study on

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Local Climate Change Activists Dr...
September 10, 2011: This season’s JP Forum was kicked off at the First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist on Friday evening with a program called

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Climate Change Damaging Mental He...
September 11, 2011: The physical damage wrought by climate extremes makes the headlines, but it's the damage done to mental health that often does the most la

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Abu Dhabi Workshop Makes Major Pr...
September 11 , 2011: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) made important progress towards allowing support for carbon capture an

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UNFCCC Meeting To Discuss Climate...
September 9, 2011,(Argus): The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) transitional committee of the Green Climate Fund will meet for a third tim

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[ESG-LIST] Parliament Told That M...
September 8, 2011: Dear Friends: Smt. Jayanti Natarajan, Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), has confirmed in a writt

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