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 To Unveil Emissions Trading...
January 27, 2011: India will be unveiling its own cap and trade mechanism to deal with air pollution on February 1. The proposed market-based mechanism seeks

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Fearing Inbreeding, Jairam Wants...
January 28, 2011: Saying there was threat of inbreeding among the Asiatic lions at Gir, Union Environment Minister and Forest Jairam Ramesh, who is on a two-d

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RBI Blames Jairam’s Policies For...
January 27, 2011: While India hardsells itself at Davos as a favoured destination among emerging economies like China, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia among othe

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Lavasa Hearing Adjourned
January 28, 2011: The legal battle between Lavasa Corporation and the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) before the Bombay high court was adjourned on

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MP, Guj Govts Must Fight It Out:...
January 28, 2011: The union minister for forest and environment Jairam Ramesh added a fresh chapter to the Asiatic lion controversy by first suggesting that a

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More Tiger Cubs Bring Cheer To Ra...
January 28, 2011:  Ranthambore, which lost 10 tigers recently due to deaths or straying, may have got back its count with at least nine cubs being sighted in th

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Himalayan Glaciers Shrinking, Wit...
January 24, 2011: An important portion of the Himalaya’s glacier cover is currently stable and, thanks to an insulating layer of debris, may be even growing,

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Nuclear Plant Push By ‘Banning’ M...
January 23, 2010: The state will aggressively campaign for the Jaitapur nuclear power project facing protest from a couple of NGOs.

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Radhanagri Diversion May Be Clear...
January 24, 2011: In a setback for conservation, the standing committee of the National Board for Wild Life (NBWL), headed by environment minister Jairam Rame

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Jairam Ramesh’s Nod Hard To Come:...
January 23, 2011: Getting clearance from Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is the real hitch in carrying out the marine discharge scheme, Union Minister Daya

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Jairam Not-So-Green Minister, Rev...
January 23, 2011: Jairam Ramesh is a minister who has been in the news for his tough stand on development projects. However, this right to information respons

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Polar bear's record 9-day continu...
January 26, 2011: Scientists studying bears around the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, have revealed that a polar bear swam continuously for over nine days, whic

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