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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Barrier Reef Braces For Flood Imp...
January 14, 2011: As flood waters in the Queensland capital Brisbane begin to recede, scientists are casting their eyes out to sea and wondering whether the r

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Pesticide Ban Call For Around Ind...
January 12, 2011: Forestry officials in the north-east Indian state of Assam have demanded the creation of a no-pesticide zone around the famous Kaziranga gam

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GreenKarbon Talk By Sir Robert Sw...
Father Frazer Masceranas and the faculty of St. Xaviers College invited Sanctuary Asia to organise a talk by Sir Robert Swan OBE, titled Walk the Talk, as a p

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Govt Approves IG Posts For NTCA H...
January 14, 2011: Giving a boost to tiger conservation in the country, the government on Thursday approved the creation of four posts in the rank of Inspector

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GreenKarbon Talk By Sir Robert Sw...
January 14, 2011: Father Frazer Masceranas and the faculty of St. Xaviers College invited Sanctuary Asia to organise a talk by Sir Robert Swan OBE, titled Wal

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GoM To Decide On Vital Decisions...
January 13, 2011: First was to constitute a Group of Ministers to decide policy on extracting minerals with minimum damage to forests and strengthening the Na

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India, World Bank To Deepen Coope...
January 13, 2011: India and the World Bank today agreed to further strengthen their partnership to advance India's green-growth agenda at a meeting today betw

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To Go Or Not To Go...
January 14, 2011: What is at stake?   As of now, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is looking only at coalmines, but the policy might not end there. Last M

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Needed: Green Custodian As A Cons...
January 14, 2011: Whatever your views on Jairam Ramesh, there is no denying that the environment minister has given his job an elevated profile and a knuckle-

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India To Try Growing Salt-Toleran...
January 13, 2011: India says it will initiate a pilot project to see if salt-tolerant cash crops can be grown in the country's salty coastal areas.

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Indian Government Notifies New Co...
January 13, 2011: In a move that could protect the livelihood of seven million fishing families, promote economic activity in the coastal region and preserve

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Govt In Talks For More World Bank...
January 14, 2011: A year after promising a $1 billion loan to clean up the Ganga, the World Bank is in talks with the government to fund new environment-relat

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