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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India Launches UN Biodiversity De...
May 25, 2011: Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Convention on Biological Diversity launched the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (2011- 20

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‘We Are Destroying Nature For Dev...
May 22, 2011: We observe World Biodiversity Day on May 22. With the climate change and global warming, biodiversity is becoming a very important international i

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Union Carbide Toxic May Be Burnt...
May 26, 2011: Toxic chemical waste the erstwhile Union Carbide Corporation left behind at its factory here might finally get incinerated 26 years after the gas

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Tree Lovers Celebrate 'Rescue' Of...
May 25, 2011: Members of the Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Action Committee heaved a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA)

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Should The Government Revisit The...
May 25, 2011: The Japan-shocked global nuclear energy industry heaved a sigh of relief last month when a senior government team, led by environment minister J

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Centres Suggestion To Save Enviro...
May 24, 2011, (The New Indian Express): Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh may have promised that all would be hunky-dory for the Vizhinjam

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Lavasa Showed Higher FSI : Jairam...
May 24, 2011: Shortly after it asked the Centre to clarify the exact powers of Lavasa as a Special Planning Authority or SPA, the Expert Appraisal Committee o

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Countries Adopt Pledge To Protect...
May 24, 2011, (AP): Representatives of eight countries with large wild elephant populations pledged Tuesday to eradicate poaching of the animals and smuggling

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Are Our Politicians World Class,...
May 25, 2011: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh's pitiless trashing of the quality of teachers at IITs has stirred a hornet's nest. While the faculty are und

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Comments On Critical Wildlife Hab...
May 25, 2011: Background: The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) first formulated Guidelines for notification of Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH) under

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Comments On Critical Wildlife Hab...
May 25, 2011: Background: The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) first formulated Guidelines for notification of Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH) under

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Safety Must Be Hallmark Of Nuclea...
May 23, 2011, (Mail Today): Protests by farmers against the proposed nuclear plant at Jaitapur - which is supposed to become India's biggest - are not the onl

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