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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Coercion Not The Way, Ramesh Tell...
June 13, 2011: The Union government on Sunday asked the Orissa government not to take precipitate action in the wake of a mass protest by locals against the l

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Nation's Conscience Must Be Awake...
June 10, 2011: The brutal police action unleashed by the UPA Government on Baba Ramdev's fasting camp in Delhi has shocked the nation’s conscience; even the H

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Posco: Government Sends Forces To...
June 10, 2011,(Express News Service): The situation at the proposed steel plant site becomes tense as land acquisition by steel major Posco in the Jagatsinghp

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Cabinet To Examine Projects Rejec...
June 10, 2011: The proposal for scrutinizing the cabinet of infrastructure projects, which was rejected by the Environment Ministry in dense forest areas is h

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Jairam Ministry Seeks Action Agai...
June 10, 2011: The Union environment ministry ordered “necessary action" against the upcoming Lavasa hill township on a day its own panel of experts favoured

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India Should Bring Out More Studi...
June 8, 2011: Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said India should carry out more scientific studies on climate change independently and no

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The Hoopoe-Lark
June 2011:It disappeared in a flash of striking wing patterns but, just for a second, I had a view of black wing feathers with a white base and a white tail w

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Feasts, Famines and a Tale of Two...
June 2011: I countered the chill of an early rainforest morning by walking briskly along the damp forest trail towards where I had left my study group of lion

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The Last Migration
June 2011: It was an early April morning drive in the Dalma Hills and there was a strong musky ‘elephant odour’ lingering around. We knew he was close. Within

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Of Dams, Dacoits And Death - The...
June 2011:Emerging from the northern slopes of the Vindhyan escarpment, the Chambal river is undisputedly the last bastion of the gharial, harbouring its most

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The Mysterious Tarantula
June 2011: It was the monsoon of 2007. After a heavy downpour the previous night, my colleague Rajesh Sanap and I began scouting the area near the New Zealand

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Rinchen Wangchuk - (1969-2011)
Sujatha Padmanabhan, (Environment educator, Kalpavriksh) writes about Rinchen Wangchuk’s indomitable spirit, life-changing initiatives and his legacy.

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