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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Airport Hope
 September 3, 2010: The Prime Minister will intervene in the impasse over Mumbai’s planned second airport in Navi Mumbai because of concerns raised by the Jai

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US, EU Backtracking On Climate Fi...
September 3, 2010: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today that the United States and the European Union-member countries are "backtracking" on their co

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“Bringing A Forest Back To Life"...
Actor Atul Kulkarni bought a degraded land in Satara district 7 years ago and has restored it to its pristine glory with the help of his friends and relatives

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Action Plan For Malabar Wildlife...
August 30, 2010, Kozhikode: The Department of Forests and Wildlife is planning to embark on a number of protective measures this year to safeguard the flora a

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Tar Balls Coat Indian Beaches Aft...
September 1, 2010: Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India's western

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Jumbo Cry For Rethink
August 31, 2010: Ajay Desai recalls the devastated face of a woman he had met in a village in southern India. Twice in two years, elephants had raided her sma

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The Fight Over Palm Oil Funding
September 2, 2010: The global oil palm industry, providing either the world’s most indispensable cooking oil or the last nail in the coffin of the world's rai

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MIDC Plans To Set Up STPS And Eff...
September 3, 2010: A month after minister for environment Jairam Ramesh pointed at fast degradation in the quality of the Mutha and Mula rivers, the Maharasht

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Goa Government Accuses NHAI Of Pr...
September 3, 2010: The Goa government has accused the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) of giving false information during its public hearing over t

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Workers Riot At Vedanta Refinery...
September 2, 2010, (AFP), New Delhi: Thousands of workers in India ransacked the offices of a refinery run by British resource giant Vedanta, media reports sa

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Chavan Knocks On PM Door To Save...
September 3, 2010: The Union environment and forest ministry’s “no" to Vedanta’s Lanjigarh project in Orissa has got the Maharashtra government worried about

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Forest Officials Mute Spectators
September 2, 2010: When the NC Saxena committee report on Vedanta project in Kalahandi district was placed before the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), it expr

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