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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Tata To Sue Greenpeace Over Turtl...
July 26, 2010, The Guardian: Indian manufacturing giant is suing for use of its logo in a spoof computer game highlighting port's threat to local wildlife. Co

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Fading Stripes In the North-East
July 24, 2010: Trucks rumbling down NH-39 usually ferry rice and sugar along various points crisscrossing Manipur, Nagaland and Assam. But sometimes they carr

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Green Group Asks Ramesh Not Chall...
July 24, 2010: An environmental group fighting against a proposed thermal power project in the wetlands of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh has urged the

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Jaitapur Nuclear Project: Village...
July 25, 2010: Villagers opposing the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in the Konkan region of Maharashtra have refused the enhanced compensation package announ

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After China Gaffe, Jairam Claws B...
July 25, 2010: Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh seems to have recovered from China Gate. He is likely to be made a special invitee to the

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Meeting To Discuss Attacks On Env...
A meeting will be held by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) at Hornbill House on July 27, 2010 at 5 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to condemn the

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Centre Mulls Over Pollution Permi...
July 24, 2010: In what could be the first step towards a market-based system of pollution permits, the government plans to roll out a Rs.500-crore online poll

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MPs Inspect Environmental Damage...
July 23, 2010: MPs Supriya Sule and Sanjeev Naik visited Uran taluka on Thursday to assess the reported environmental damage in the area, on the request of un

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Ramesh: Climate Treaty 'Uncertain...
July 23, 2010: Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh claims the future of any United Nations (UN) climate treaty could "remain uncertain even in the next

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TATA Tries To Silence Critics, Ta...
July 23, 2010: Claiming defamation and trademark infringement, TATA Sons has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace in the Delhi High Court, asking for Rs. 10 cro

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Government Widens Scope Of Saxena...
July 24, 2010: Armed with the Attorney General’s opinion giving it the right to deny forest clearance for bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills, the environme

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Top Court: Regulate Mining As Per...
July 22, 2010: As mining is increasingly becoming the most controversial issue in the country, the Supreme Court in order to stem the resentment among people

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