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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Orissa's Rich Wildlife Under Thre...
October 22, 2010: Orissa has lost 570 elephants in the last two decades mainly due to poaching and electrocution. While poachers have killed 231 elephants dur

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Elephants Accorded 'Heritage Anim...
October 22, 2010: The elephant has officially been declared India’s national heritage animal, a status that the government and conservationists say establishe

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Park Registers Case After Elephan...
October 22, 2010: Park authorities in India have registered a case against a tea estate after two elephant bodies were discovered with suspected poisoning.

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Help Lines
October 22, 2010: For as long as he can remember, Delhi-based composer Abhishek Ray has been a wildlife enthusiast, travelling to forests and signing up as a

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Ramesh Stresses Importance Of Tig...
October 22, 2010, (PTI): Pointing out that tiger habitat protection is the key to sustenance of the gene pool of big cats, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh

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The Seed And The Mine
October 22, 2010: The minister of environment and forestry, Jairam Ramesh, is an interesting man to quarrel about and quarrel with. In many ways, he has becom

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Cancel All Sariska Mining Leases,...
October 23, 2010: Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday wrote to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot asking him to take immediate s

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Now, An Official Anthem For The T...
October 19, 2010, Hindustan Times, Mumbai: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) the new name for Project Tiger, along with the Ministry of Environ

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Camera Trapping Reveals Wildlife...
October 12, 2010: The Pilibhit Territorial Forest Division forests are spread over an area of 700 sq. km. They are a part of the Terai Arc landscape that stre

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Activists Derail Massive Chevron...
October 19, 2010: A day-long comedy of errors began Monday morning when the Yes Men, supported by Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, pre-empted Chevr

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Green Shoots Of Recovery
October 24, 2010: With tea and coffee plantations having slowly crowded out natural rainforests in the Western Ghats, a conservation body is teaming up with b

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Press Release: Majority Report Of...
October 22, 2010: The Majority Report of the 4 member Committee appointed by Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh to go int

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