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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Giri’s Bronzeback Tree Snake
Rahul Alvares describes the Giri’s bronzeback snake and explains why it has been classified as a separate species.

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In The Garden
Jennifer Scarlott on all of the ways that the beauty of the world we live in makes itself seen and heard, touched and smelled, in the smallest, most ordinary

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Bangladesh Rolls Out SMART Patrol...
In response to the threats of wildlife and forestry crime and illegal fishing to the Sundarbans—the world’s largest swathe of mangrove forest—the Government o

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Crowd Funding Success For Late Fo...
The unsung heroes of conservation are our forest guards, and each year India loses a number of these brave soldiers in the line of duty. Karo Tayem was one su

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Bharatpur Authorities Battle Catf...
In Rajasthan’s Keoladeo National Park, aquatic and avian fauna are threatened by the African catfish Clarias gariepinus, an invasive species that has rapidly

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Moving Upstream: A Unique Project...
The Veditum India Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that believes that each individual has the power to spark change, launched a project named ‘Moving

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Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Aw...

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Laos And Cambodia Violate UN Trea...
Criminality and corruption have swept a flood of endangered rosewood exports from Laos and Cambodia which fundamentally violate trade protections imposed by t

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The Lament Of Leopards
Leopards have successfully adapted to a life lived cheek-by-jowl with human habitations. But the widespread use of jaw traps in rural areas may be forcing som

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A Funeral Of Giants
On a solemn day in Kenya, Vivek Menon watches tonnes of ivory go up in flames and pays touching tribute to the giants that were felled for the misplaced value

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Alien Fish Species Threaten India...
Is an alien invasion underway in India? Experts are worried not only about the impact of exotic fish species on the native aquatic ecosystems into which they

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'Man-Eating' Gir Lions Sentenced...
Three Asiatic lions, one male and two sub-adult females, were identified as man-eaters and will be kept in captivity for life after observations and analyses

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