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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Jaitapur Protests Intensify, One...
April 19, 2011: A man was killed in police firing in Jaitapur, as protests against the proposed nuclear plant turned violent with agitators setting ablaze a p

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Shoddy Planning Spikes Coastal Ro...
April 18, 2011: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan was embarrassed as environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh took babus of the Maharashtra State Road Dev

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Centre's Intervention Sought To S...
April 18, 2011: Wildlife warden Shrihari Kugaji and environmentalist Amrut Charantimath have written a letter to Jairam Ramesh, Union minister for environment

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Posco By Due Process: The Company...
April 18, 2011: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has done the right thing by deferring grant of forest clearance to the Posco project in Orissa till objecti

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Leopard-Human Conflict Guidelines...
April 18, 2011: The Environment ministry guidelines to check rising leopard-human conflict released on Monday may fall short of the desired result. Wildlife p

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Are Big Dams Leaving India High A...
April 2011:The author is one of India’s most knowledgeable experts on the impact of large development projects such as dams and  mines on ecosystems and peopl

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Meet Alan Rabinowitz, President a...
Alan Rabinowitz speaks to Bittu Sahgal about his vision for tigers and other large cats and the role of the newly formed International Tiger Advisory Group (

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Meet Joe Smith, Tiger Programme D...
Panthera, the largest wild cat conservation organisation in the world, runs its ‘Tigers Forever’ programme in six countries, namely Thailand,Indonesia, Malays

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Europe Faces Drought And Flood Bu...
April 14, 2011, (AFP), Geneva: A leading climate scientist warned Tuesday that Europe should take action over increasing drought and floods, stressing that so

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Shale Gas Seen As Global Warming...
April 12, 2011, (UPI): Natural gas from shale formations has a greater greenhouse gas footprint than conventional gas, oil and coal over a 20-year period, U.S

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Fish Carried Up A Mountain On Bac...
April 12, 2011: The endangered vendace, that has been in Britain since the Ice Age, is in danger of dying out as lakes and rivers warm up because of man made

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A Photography Exhibition On The H...
Hi all, invitation to Robert Knoth's photo essay from Chernobyl is attached. The inauguration is on the 24th at 5 pm, exhibition goes on till 29th. Piramal ga

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