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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Dr. Ravi Sankaran - (October 4, 1...
My earliest contact with Ravi Sankaran was over two decades ago when this young field biologist would breeze into Hornbill House in between the field studies

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Mines Min Asks For ‘High, Low-Ris...
Dr. Manmohan Singh will be remembered as the Prime Minister that burned the lifeboats on a sinking Titanic. Ed. July 24, 2011: New Delhi Shaken by the tug-of

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Vanishing Tigers
Ashish Fernandes is one of India's most effective and consistent environmental defenders. He is a writer, strategist and and activist, he works with Greenpeac

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My Husband And Other Animals — Th...
November 19, 2010: I often wonder what the forests around Chengalpet looked like before they were cut down to make way for agriculture centuries ago. When we

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India’s Own Red List, A Stitch In...
July 26, 2011: The red list of species under threat, published by the IUCN, is the best guideline for conservationists around the world. India’s decision to s

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South Korea And India Sign Nuclea...
July 26, 2011: South Korea's ambitions to enter the Indian energy market have received a big boost as the two countries signed a civil nuclear deal.

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India Opposes Discussion On Clima...
July 25, 2011: With rumbling increasing over climate issues, India has thwarted the latest attempt of rich nations to discuss climate change issues outside Un

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African Stove To Generate 5.6m Em...
July 24, 2011: Leading African carbon marketing advisory and brokerage group, Ecosur Afrique, has announced the signing of a forward sale of 5,600,000 carbon

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CJI Doles Out Hard Talk On Green...
July 24, 2011: Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia's prescription for green governance includes tough medicine both for the industry and the Environment Minis

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Kenya Incinerates Illegal Ivory I...
July 22, 2011: Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki only just managed to avoid singed eyebrows as he lit the flame which destroyed five tons of illegal ivory with a

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4 Black Panthers Sighted In C’gar...
July 25, 2011: Four black panthers — three cubs in company of their mother — were recently sighted in Achanakmar tiger reserve in Chhattisgarh’s Bilashpur dis

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ICMR Planning To Acquire Patents...
July 16, 2011: Traditional healing techniques, using indigenous medicinal plants, practiced efficiently for hundreds of years by some of India's most elusive

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