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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Bathinda On Mind, Centre To Focus...
April 24, 2011: With cancer-ridden belt of Malwa, particularly Bathinda on its mind, the ministry of environment and forests, is going in for a unique initiat

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Power On Hold
April 25, 2011: An activist protesting against the use of nuclear power has mentioned the existence of a “nuclear science mafia". This is, no doubt, an extrem

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BT Brinjal Debate To Resume
April 24, 2011: The debate over lifting of moratorium on Genetically Modified (GM) brinjal will resume this week when an expert panel constituted by environme

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We Want Social Audit Of Funds
April 24, 2011: As Union minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced to keep a hawk's eye on spending of the central funds for clean

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CBI Probe Into Whistleblower Case...
April 24, 2011: Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced that he is still considering CBI probe into the case o

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UPA Stubbornly Refusing To Learn...
April 24, 2011, (IANS): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of stubbornly r

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Sunita Narain: Time To Benefit Fr...
April 25, 2011: Stroke of the pen reform is critical since in many cases policy is dastardly and change is laggard. The essential element is to find a big-tic

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No Green Court Fee For Now
April 25, 2011: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday withdrew the controversial rule that would have required victims pay 1% of the compensation they

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Boost For Bamboo, Bust For Tiger
April 23, 2011: Even as Maharashtra will rewrite history in Gadchiroli on April 27, as bamboo, a hugely contested product of India's forests, will attain its

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Jairam Isolated On Power Target A...
April 23, 2011: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh found himself isolated at the meeting of the full Planning Commission (PC) on the iss

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Faking News: Adarsh Building To B...
April 23, 2011: A special court hearing the case of Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society building, which has been recommended to be completely demolished by th

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Indian Anti-Nuclear Protesters Wi...
April 23, 2011: Milind Desai has been harassed by police, threatened and arrested ''on false charges''. Fellow demonstrators have been shot and killed. ''But

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