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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Vinayak Chatterjee: Power To The...
June 20, 2011: At a Planning Commission meeting chaired by the prime minister on April 22, 2011 to give shape to the 12th Plan, Jairam Ramesh set the cat amon

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Illegal Mining: Ramesh Sets 3-wk...
June 19, 2011: Setting a three-week deadline to Uttarakhand government, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday warned that if it did not stop illegal sa

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Gehlot In Delhi, Seeks Sops For P...
June 19, 2011: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was in Delhi on Saturday, met Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh requesting him to expedite allotment of

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Wildlife Conservation Panels Beco...
June 20, 2011: As if the locking of horns between civil society members and the Government over the Lokpal Bill was not enough, rumblings of protests are now

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The New Ice Age: Climate Change C...
June 17, 2011: The last time the sun went to sleep, there were frost fairs on the Thames and ice extended for miles into the North Sea. Now scientists have un

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Scientists Seek To Adapt Crops To...
June 16, 2011: Throughout history, farmers have adopted new crop varieties and adjusted their practices in tune with environmental change. But as global tempe

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Extreme Weather Shows The Need To...
June 16, 2011: With extreme weather occurrences on the rise ("Maryland braces for second heat wave, "June 8 ) many wonder the cause. And while no single flood

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Mini-Ice Age: Sunspot Cycle Won't...
June 16, 2011: Environmentalists be damned, rather than a future so hot and humid that humans will not be able to survive, the Earth is actually heading towar

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Global Warming Sharply Reduces Cr...
June 17, 2011: Global warming is not only playing havoc with lives of people but also damaging agriculture badly as a one degree rise in temperature reduces w

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U.N.: To Combat Warming, Cut Soot...
June 16, 2011: Tighter limits on soot and smog provide a quick and easy way to fight global warming while protecting human health and raising crop output, a U

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A strong West Wind!

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Press Release: Farming The Cities...
June 16, 2011:Worldwatch's Nourishing the Planet team emphasizes urban agriculture as a means of increasing food security, empowering women, and protecting th

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