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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Green Shadow Over Mining Proposal
July 21, 2010, Ranchi: Protecting the rich bio-diversity of Saranda, Asia’s biggest sal tree reserve, is a challenge facing the state and Centre given the man

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World On Course For Hottest Year...
July 21, 2010, London: The world is on course for the hottest year since records began in 1880 after record-breaking temperatures in four of the first six mon

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Command And Control
December 2005: The vision disturbs me every day of my life.   Like exquisitely crafted sand castles collapsing under the weight of soggy impermanence, the

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place
October 2005: I cannot imagine a world without tigers. And no, I am not one of those ‘bunny huggers’ that hard-headed ‘realists’ love to hate. I cannot imagin

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The Magic Machine
August 2005: Consider the lowly termite. Every moment of its incredible existence is spent in a grand conspiracy to propagate life on earth. For a 100 million

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In God We Trust?
June 2005: I sat for two hours in the leaf litter and summer dust of Gir in the company of a lioness and her three cubs. Watching her watching us watch her cu

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Food For Thought
April 2005:I am a dyed-in-the wool vegetarian. I do not eat animals because I do not associate them with food. Just as you would not bite into a stone, a came

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Ramesh Calls For Environmental Le...
July 20 2010: Seeking to enforce compliance to environmental norms by the miners, union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) minister Jairam Ramesh has

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Another Male Tiger Shifted To Sar...
July 21, 2010: In an operation that was personally monitored by Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, a male tiger was on Tuesday translocated to Sariska

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Ramesh Says Miners Must Set Up In...
July 20, 2010: The mines ministry has turned down a suggestion by environment minister Jairam Ramesh that only those companies be allowed to bid for mining le

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24 Tigers Died In 3 Years In Vari...
July 20, 2010, PTI: Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister, Sartaj Singh on Tuesday told the State Assembly that a total of 24 tigers, including 14 cubs died in vario

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To Save The Tiger, Save The Tree
June 2006: He has launched a thousand poems. Inspired timeless art. Stirred millions of hearts down the ages.  And thus far survived brutal assaults by otherw

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