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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Adaptation Is Vital To Combat Cli...
July 27, 2011: Climate change is real and its causal link to increased greenhouse emissions is now well established and the projected climate change is likely

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No World Heritage Tag For Western...
June 28, 2011: India's campaign to get the Western Ghats declared as a Unesco World Heritage site has received a setback, with the United Nations committee po

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CVC Advice Sought On Misuse Of Fu...
June 28, 2011,(PTI): The Centre has sought the advice of CVC on the modalities of a high-level probe into the allegations of misuse of environment funds by th

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After No-Go U-Turn, 5 More Coal B...
June 28, 2011: After having cleared three coal blocks in Chhattisgarh, five others are up for review before environment minister Jairam Ramesh.

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The Unraveling Of Nuclear Energy
June 27, 2011: About three decades ago, the Swedes considered the risks of nuclear energy, added up the costs and did the math. What they found was that the a

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The Element Of Doubt About Jairam...
June 25, 2011: Is India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh a smooth, cunning and crafty fox? That’s what he claimed to be at a journalism school convocation

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Conservationists Discover More Th...
June 26, 2011: A new type of tree kangaroo, a 2.5-metre-long river shark, a frog with vampire-like fangs and a turquoise lizard are among hundreds of new crea

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Decontamination System Fails Agai...
June 21, 2011: The operator of a damaged Japanese nuclear plant suspended another test run of a newly installed water-treatment system after its pump stopped

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Jairam Loses “No-Go" Battle, Allo...
June 24, 2011: The bastion of Hasdeo-Arand has finally been broken. One year after saying that the coalfields of this heavily-forested, mineral rich region of

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Songbirds Eavesdrop On Predatory...
June 24, 2011: Ground-nesting birds eavesdrop on chipmunks in order to protect their nests, according to scientists. Ovenbirds and veeries live alongside egg-

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India Silent On Endosulfan At Rot...
June 22, 2011: India is remaining silent on the listing of endosulfan under the Rotterdam Convention at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties whi

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Green Tribunal, Eh?
June 27, 2011: July 4, 2011 will witness the first hearing of the newly constituted National Green Tribunal (“the NGT") after more than a year in the waiting

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