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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Huge Arctic Fire Hints At New Cli...
July 28, 2011: An exceptional wildfire in northern Alaska in 2007 put as much carbon into the air as the entire Arctic tundra absorbs in a year, scientists sa

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PC Backs Jayanthi, Says No To Coa...
August 2, 2011: Environment got a new champion in home minister P Chidambaram who agreed with environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan's opposition to BK Chatu

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After Jairam, Vedanta In A Patch-...
August 3, 2011: Withdraws petition from green tribunal, makes fresh plea for Lanjigarh project. Nearly a month after Jairam Ramesh took over as the rural deve

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Local Support For A Tiger Reserve...
August 2, 2011: Dear Honourable Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Digamber Kamat, We are writing to you in support of the request from the Ministry of Environment

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Local Support For A Tiger Reserve...
August 2, 2011: Dear Honourable Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Digamber Kamat,   We are writing to you in support of the request from the Ministry of Environme

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Sierra Club India Environment Pos...
August 2, 2011: Solar installations grew at a blistering pace in 2010 - growing by 73% compared to 2009. This situation was enabled in large part by prices th

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Carbon Tax Debate Fuels Climate O...
August 1, 2011: Picture this. It’s a stormy night as you arrive home from work. You pull into the garage and plug your car into a power point powered by a sma

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China Looks To Add Carbon Storage...
August 1, 2011: China has given the strongest signal yet that it will invest in Carbon Capture and Storage. That's the technology designed to take carbon emis

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Explainer: Why Ocean Acidificati...
August 1, 2011: Ocean acidification is often referred to as the “evil twin" of climate change. Greenhouse gasses are doing more than just warming the globe. I

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Rising Seas Threaten The Island N...
August 1, 2011,(PALAU, CNN): The Island nation of Palau is dealing with dramatic changes in their environment and some have pointed the blame at global warmin

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Press Release: Activists Promote...
August 1, 2011: Tens of thousands of people sign online campaigns supporting shark conservation during Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week"   WASHINGTON, D.C. -

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I Do Not Want Mercy, I Want You T...
July 27, 2011: Tim DeChristopher, who was sentenced on July 26 to two years in federal prison for disrupting a Bureau of Land Management auction in 2008, had

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