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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Climate Change's Effects On Kentu...
July 22 2011: Rebecca McCulley, PhD, a grassland ecologist and researcher in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture's Department of Plant and Soil

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Maldives To Tackle Displacement C...
July 22, 2011: An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged Maldives to put in place measures to handle internal displacement caused by climate

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Somalia Famine, Politics And Glob...
July 24, 2011: "'Somalia is facing its worst food security crisis in the last 20 years,' said Mark Bowden, the U.N.'s top official in charge of humanitarian a

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New Opacity In Global Warming Slo...
July 23, 2011: A group led by the top atmospheric geochemist Susan Solomon has found that higher aersol levels during the first decade of this century may acc

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No-Go Zones: Ball Passed To Cabin...
July 27, 2011: Environment minister Jayanthi Natar-ajan can’t easily disown the legacy of her predecessor, it seems. Her ministry has hardened its stand on th

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No One-Time Clearance, Says Green...
July 26, 2011: The environment ministry has opposed the suggestion of commerce ministry of one time environment clearance to manufacturing zones, proposed in

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Endangered Sumatran tiger dies in...
Video courtesy: Greenpeace

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Jayanthi Natarajan Praises Jairam...
July 21, 2011: Praising her predecessor, new Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan said Thursday that Jairam Ramesh had handled the

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Green Challenges
July 27, 2011: Jairam Ramesh's removal as Environment Minister creates uncertainties for domestic environment policy and the deadlocked global climate talks.

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Om Puri Joins The PETA Bandwagon
JulY 27, 2011: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, earned itself a new crusader. Veteran actor Om Puri, who has appeared in films produc

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PIL Filed For Return Of Power Pro...
July 26, 2011: A civil society group here has approached the High Court seeking its intervention for return of 790 MW-Salal and 480 MW-Uri-I power projects fr

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Sarpanchs, Panchs Take On HCC
July 26, 2011: Newly elected Sarpanchs and Panchs in this north Kashmir district on Tuesday threatened to launch an indefinite agitation against the Hindustan

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