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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SC Mine Bar Notice On Ramesh Mini...
April 21, 2011: The Supreme Court today asked the environment ministry to explain why a venture led by UK firm Vedanta had been denied permission to mine baux

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Haryana Forest Scam: MoEF Indicts...
April 21, 2011: An inquiry report of the environment ministry indicted senior officers and politicians of the Haryana government for corruption and violation

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‘State Not Doing Enough To Protec...
April 26, 2011: Noted birdwatcher, author and publisher, Bikram Grewal, has expressed concern over the State government's propensity to apportion large chunks

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Two Is A Crowd
April 27, 2011: Arguing that the claustrophobic cages for leopards at the Sanjay Gandhi national Park were not only making the cats obese, but was also an inf

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Korea’s POSCO Gets Green Light To...
April 26, 2011: In January, Korean steel giant POSCO finally received the green light from the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) of the Government of I

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Ambitious Bio-Sphere On The Cards
April 26, 2011: In an ambitious project, the state forest department has embarked on creating a bio-sphere connecting all forest fragments lying between Karau

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Letters: Industries For Growth
April 27, 2011, (Business Standard): This refers to Sanjaya Baru’s column “Jairam Ramesh has a point" (April 25). Unnecessary criticism and protests against i

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Girnar Ropeway Gets Central Nod
April 26, 2011: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Monday gave the green signal to the original plan for the Girnar Ropeway project, whic

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Govt To Set Up New Atomic Energy...
April 26, 2011: The Government has announced measures to tighten safety systems at the proposed Jaitapur nuclear project, amid mounting protests at the design

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Ramesh To Launch Bamboo Initiativ...
April 26, 2011, (PTI): Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, will tomorrow launch a p

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Jaitapur Plant Is Very Much On, S...
April 26, 2011: The prime minister Manmohan Singh put down his foot firmly in favor of the Jaitapur Nuclear Project today, four days after environment ministe

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Summer Of Discontent In Sakhri Na...
April 26, 2011: "Wrap each one in a newspaper sheet and keep them all in an airtight cardboard box covered in dry grass for 6 days before you eatthem," a mang

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