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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Gang Attacks Officers: Frees Wan...
October 9, 2010: Times of India: A gang attacked a Forest Range Officer and a policeman and freed an accused in a sandalwood smuggling case at Marayoor near her

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UN Climate Talks In China End Wit...
October 9, 2010:BBC: UN climate talks in China have ended without a major breakthrough and with angry words about the US from Beijing. Continue reading here. 

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Ramesh Hopeful Env Issues Will Ge...
October 7, 2010:Times of India: Jairam Ramesh has expressed hope that enactment of a new law would pave the way for raising "real" environment issues instead of

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In Note To PM, Jairam Takes On Go...
October 8, 2010:Indian Express: Ramesh has asked for a review of all hydel projects in the region and a “moratorium on any further clearances for hydel projects

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Ramesh Hints At Clearance For Jai...
October 6, 2010: PTI: Jairam Ramesh voiced hope that concerns raised on a nuclear power plant to be built in collaboration with France in Maharashtra would be a

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Regional Cooperation Needed To Pr...
October 5, 2010: Ramesh has stressed the need for regional cooperation for the protection of Himalayan glaciers, an official release said Tuesday. Continue read

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PETA Moots Speed Guns Against Tra...
October 5, 2010: Animal welfare NGO PETA has urged Jairam Ramesh and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to employ speed-detection guns to catch train drivers who

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Ramesh’s CRZ Plan To Save Open Sp...
October 6, 2010: The Ministry of Environment and Forests wants all open spaces in Mumbai falling under CRZ II to be marked as no-development zones. Continue rea

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Orissa Prepares Elephant Manageme...
October 5, 2010: PTI: Concerned over the death of elephants due to electrocution, the Orissa government today said the state has prepared an elephant management

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New Airport Won’t Serve Needs: Re...
October 6, 2010: The new airport at Navi Mumbai, backed by Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel, will be saturated in 25 years. This is what a report submitted

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Solar Power For Electric Vehicles...
October 6, 2010: Most of the companies developing photovoltaics have been obsessed with reaching grid parity meaning competitiveness with conventional grid elec

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Death On The Tracks: Needed, More...
October 5, 2010:The Pioneer: The mowing down of seven elephants by a speeding goods train last week in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal has finally stirred th

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