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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Animal Hides & Bones Seized
August 18, 2010: Five animal skins and several skulls and bones were seized from a housing estate in the Maniktala area on Tuesday evening after a joint raid

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Vedanta, Posco Have To Follow The...
August 14, 2010, (PTI): Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the government won't tolerate any violation of the Forest Act by any co

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Polluters Must Pay Up: Ramesh On...
August 15, 2010, (PTI): Taking a tough posture against the owners of the two cargo ships which had collided off the Mumbai coast resulting in oil slick, Envir

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Indo-Nepal Border Forest Official...
August 16, 2010: Continuing with its aim of strengthening biodiversity conservation along the Indo-Nepal border, a meeting was organized by WWF-India on 28 Ju

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'Build Eight Underpasses On NH6'
August 18, 2010: In a bid to mitigate damage to wildlife and to the corridor for four-laning of national highway number six in 80 km patch in Bhandara and Gon

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Dangling Conversations
August 2010: When city claustrophobia closes in, and an escape to one or another natural wonderlands is not written into my fate, I turn to my friends, the th

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Jairam Ramesh Says Oil Spill Is T...
August 14, 2010: Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh today said the oil spill off the Mumbai coast was the worst the country has ever see

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India-Mexico Begin Discussions On...
August 16, 2010: India and Mexico have begun discussions on a strategy for negotiations at the UN climate change summit at Cancun later this year.

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How Orissa Tried To Mislead Vedan...
August 17, 2010, (Courtesy: Hindustan Times), New Delhi: Not just threats, the Environment Ministry panel on Vedanta’s bauxite mining in Lanjigarh district wa

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No Mining In Niyamgiri Hills With...
August 16, 2010: "We are law-abiding people. We will not start mining at all until and unless we get 100 per cent clearance from the authorities concerned," A

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The Final Nail For The World's Mo...
August 16, 2010: Hot on the heels of my last post about the problems facing POSCO’s $12 billion steel project comes some really bad news for Orissa’s other, e

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MC Speeds Up Nullah Clean-Up In V...
August 16, 2010: The Municipal Corporation has sped up its cleanliness drive around Buddha Nullah keeping in view of the visit of Union environment minister J

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