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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Do You Know Your Fish?
For many marine enthusiasts, their love for the ocean comes coupled with a love for seafood, served with a hot dollop of guilt. Addressing this issue that wei

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Visiting West Bengal’s Nocturnal...
Maitreyee Mujumdar, the Project Coordinator of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s Mud on Boots Project, writes about her field visit to West Bengal to explore

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Nine Royal Turtle Hatchlings Take...
After being protected for three months, nine new Cambodian royal turtles have successfully hatched and were taken to Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre, Koh

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Vietnam’s Persistent Trade In Ill...
Corrupt Government officials and military personnel in Vietnam are complicit in smuggling huge quantities of illegal timber from Cambodia, a new report reveal

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Dogs Are A Threat To Threatened S...
A recent study by a team of leading international researchers, including Dr. Abi Vanak from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATRE

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Why We Won’t Acknowledge The Mamm...
Why are we not taking this dire population crisis more seriously, and addressing it dedicatedly? Why is it not talked about as much as its more famous and clo

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Activists Protest Against Ken-Bet...
A coalition of experts and organisations in the field of environment protection, has issued  a collective note of protest to Anil Madhav Dave, the Union Minis

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A Tiger On The Rocks
S. Chandrasekaran, a Project Leader with the Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s Mud On Boots Project, recounts his experience of encountering a tiger at close quar

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Common Chiffchaff Spotted In Arun...
  On 15 March 2017,  photographer Swarnendu Biswas captured an image of a Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus Collybita) from Hunli, a district in the Lower Diba

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Activists Condemn Home Ministry's...
A wide range of peoples movements, social and environmental justice groups and individuals have endorsed a letter addressed to the President of India, request

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Scientists Recover 44 Eggs Of One...
A team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) working in Myanmar have reported the successful recovery

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Through The Lens: Using Photograp...
A behind-the-scenes look at a first-of-its-kind workshop on science photography.

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