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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The Fight For 550 Trees In North...
Tiasa Adhya reports the wave of protests caused by the proposed slating of 3000 trees in North Bengal, rallying support for the protestors and the movement.

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How Literate Are You? Environment...
This pertinent question was the theme of the day at the round-table discussion organized by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation, Earth Day Network-India and Bhava

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Mahseer Conservation Planning Wor...
The Mahseer Conservation Planning Workshop in Kochi commenced on April 4, 2017 with Sanjay Molur, from the IUCN Conservation Breeding Specialist Group reitera

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Court Rejects Its Own Initiative...
In a series of unprecedented events, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Nagpur after considering the objections raised by Advocate Kartik N. Shukul, withdrew hi

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Court Revokes Bail For Tiger Poac...
In a surprising turn of events that remains unprecedented in the history of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972, a Nagpur Court withdrew its own initiative to re

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Gibbons: The Swinging Singers Of...
Monica Szczupider finds herself in the company of gibbons, 'lesser apes' that are native to Asia, in an unexpected place. Acknowledging the gibbon sanctuary p

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H Is For Hummingbird, S For Sunbi...
While visiting Colombia, Vivek Menon finds himself enchanted by the country’s hummingbirds. He assures us that in India, convergent evolution has gifted us th

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Killer Chytrid
Our history and future are both inextricably linked to that of amphibians. As humans negotiate a path through the minefield of climate change, young women suc

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The Queen Mother’s Heirs
Ashish Thakare, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Bramhapuri Forest Division, chronicles the fascinating lives of three young, wild tigers from ‘cubhood’ to adult

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The Other Elephants Under Threat
While many rightly voice concern over the plight of African elephants that are undergoing a precipitous decline in number, Asian elephants are facing a cata

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Studying The Farmers Of The Fores...
Rohit Naniwadekar speaks to Sanctuary’s Anadya Singh, sharing vital information on hornbill behaviour from his 11 years of experience and research, expoundi

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Meet Urvi Piramal
Businesswoman. Conservationist. Wildlife photographer. Artist. Urvi Piramal is all these and more. An inveterate traveller, she has wandered the wilds of Pa

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