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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Dinesh Goswami’s Prakruti Nature...
February 2010:“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more ed

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Mera Bharat Mahan? Lion-Tiger con...

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Forest Rules Flouted In Tiger Lai...
July 9, 2010: A three-storey luxury lodge for tourists, with spacious rooms and an expansive lobby, spread over 15,000 sq ft in the heart of tiger territory i

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Mangrove Massacre In Sunderbans
July 11, 2010: Large-scale felling of lakhs of mangrove plantations in the cyclone-hit Sundarbans sparked the fury of local people who are yet to fully recoup

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District Admn Orders Probe Into S...
July 12, 2010: The district administration of South 24-Parganas has ordered a probe into the reports that approximately two lakh mangrove trees have been chop

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The Guardian Map Of The BP Oil Sp...
July 8, 2010:A map put up on The Guardian website details exactly how far the oil spill has spread and its impact on thriving ecosystems in the Gulf.Prelimina

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Tiger Conservation Discussed In B...
July 12, 2010: Officials from 13 countries are meeting in Bali, Indonesia, to agree on ways to try to double the number of tigers in the world. The World Wild

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BP Begins To Fit New Cap On Gulf...
July 11, 2010: Underwater robots have successfully removed a leaking cap on BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well, the first stage in fitting a tighter cap.

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European Parliament Bans Illegal...
July 8, 2010: The European Parliament has voted to ban imports of illegal timber. From 2012, companies importing timber will need to prove where it came from,

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EU And US Intensify Power Plant E...
July 9, 2010: Fossil fuel-fired power plants on both sides of the Atlantic are set to face tough new emissions rules after the EU and US this week moved forwa

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Airport Or Not? Asks Navi Mumbai
July 10, 2010: Ever since the public spat between Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, the Navi Mumbai airport plan is

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Bhopal Case: Jairam 'Sorry' Govt...
July 11, 2010: As late as 2008, about 23 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the state government was still involved in virtual subterfuge. Taking advantage o

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