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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FE Editorial : India’s Kyoto
March 28, 2011: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s market-friendly Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is aimed at, as he puts it, convincing ‘marketwallahs’ his

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Green Reform
March 27, 2011: Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh must be commended for his frank comments on the state of the Environment Impact Assessment

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Jairam Unhappy With Forest Scheme...
March 27, 2011: The Union Environment Ministry plans to review its compensatory afforestation scheme next month, with Minister Jairam Ramesh saying he is “hor

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India To Have Satellite To Monito...
March 27, 2011, (PTI): India will launch a ''forestry satellite'' as part of its efforts to monitor the country''s green cover, Environment Minister Jairam Ra

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Cleaning Yamuna To Miss 2015 Targ...
March 27, 2011, (IANS): Even as Delhi misses one deadline after another for treating sewage entering the Yamuna, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Sunda

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New Tiger Numbers For India: Resp...
March 28, 2011: RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL TIGER ESTIMATION REPORT   The result of the national tiger estimation exercise conducted over the past couple of ye

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Tiger Numbers Up, But Habitat A W...
March 26, 2011: The government on Monday will announce that India’s tiger population has increased but it may not be a reason for cheer with inviolate space f

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Market-Friendly Pollution Control...
March 26, 2011: The Environment Ministry has launched a market-friendly emission trading system. The market-based mechanism is expected to reduce cost of comp

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Ramesh Unveils `Mission' For Real...
March 26, 2011: Minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh today unveiled a `Green India Mission', which would assess green cover in India on an ongoin

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Q&A: Kannu Kalsaria, BJP MLA
March 27, 2011:Kannu Kalsaria is the BJP MLA from Mahuva in Gujarat, where Nirma plans to set up a cement plant. He recounts to Gyan Varma his struggle to pre

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Prithviraj Chavan Wants Green Nod...
March 27, 2011: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan met Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday and discussed matters related to various

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Jairam To Review Implementation O...
March 26, 2011, (PTI): An ambitious central scheme for sustainable forest management would be reviewed next month, with Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh tod

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