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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Dhole Home-Range Estimated
A new study led by scientists from Wildlife Conservation Society-India Program, Centre for Wildlife Studies (Bangalore), and University of Florida, USA, prese

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The Tale Of A Sacred Trail
Ecologist Dipani Sutaria’s sublime experience of an ancient landscape - Haryana’s sacred forest, Mangar bani.

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Nature’s Business - Staying In Co...
From the Galapagos to the Amazon, Biomimicry Communicator Anjan Prakash travels the world to be inspired by Nature’s designs. In this 10-part column, Nature’s

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Carnivores Adapt To Coexist
A new Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study in India shows that three carnivores - tigers, leopards, and dholes - seemingly in direct competition with one

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WCT Announces Grants For Endanger...
Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) announces the launch of "WCT Small Grants for Conservation of Endangered Species and their Habitats" (WCT-SG), to encourage

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Giant Refugees
On the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city, Odisha, a herd of wild elephants is caught in simmering conflict with humans. These elephants are regularly harassed and

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Screening Of 'Crude - The Real Pr...
On Friday, February 24, Vikalp@Prithvi will screen Crude - The Real Price of Oil directed by Joe Berlinger, followed by a discussion led by Darryl D'Monte, Ch

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Did the BBC Get it All Horribly W...
The BBC is an iconic news organisation and is trusted across the world, precisely because it is not in the grip of special interests. This time though, it seems

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Sanctuary Nature Foundation Launc...
The Sanctuary Nature Foundation announced the launch of the Mud on Boots Project, a programme designed to empower and support grassroots conservationists in I

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India’s Indus Dolphins: Very Few,...
In 2008, upstream from the Harike Barrage, scientists discovered a small population of the endangered Indus river dolphin. Science writer Aathira Perinchery a

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Bittu Sahgal Writes To T.N. Gover...
In the interest of coastal communities, volunteer workers and the environment, Sanctuary’s Editor calls for state authorities to take responsibility for the C

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Ireland Divests From Fossil Fuels
In a unanimous vote, Ireland has passed a bill to freeze public funding of all coal, oil and gas companies.

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