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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Examining The Legacy Of The 1989...
June 17, 2010: As experts try to assess the long-term impact of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the BBC World Service asked two people who experienced the Ex

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Oil Spill - Gulf Of Mexico $20 Bi...
June 21, 2010: We witnessed the slow poisoning of the waters of this country and the destruction of vegetation and agricultural land by oil spills, which occu

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Meet Dr. Karan Singh
Dignified. Passionate. Intelligent. Knowledgeable. Dr. Karan Singh is all these things and more. He was present at the creation of Project Tiger in 1973 and w

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Mating Season: Lesser Floricans R...
June 21, 2010:  "Come monsoon, and one of the most endangered bird species of the world, the lesser florican, will make the Blackbuck National Park (BNP) in V

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Water Voles Make A Comeback In UK
June 18, 2010: The critically endangered water vole is showing signs of a comeback, according to a UK survey. Water voles were once common on waterways across

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Concern Over Plans To Downgrade K...
June 22, 2010: The authorities in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are under pressure to declassify a national park because much of its rare bird life is be

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Q&A: Global Whaling Deal Negotiat...
June 22, 2010: A deal that could regulate whaling for the next 10 years is being debated at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) week-long meeting in

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River Restoration Creeps And Craw...
June 22, 2010: Several plans taken up by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for restoration of the Mutha have either remained on paper waiting for approvals

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Govt Sanctions Rs 25 Crore For Sh...
June 21, 2010: With an aim to ending man- animal conflict, government said it has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for relocation of 181 Gujjar families from core areas

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Botswana Invites Indian Investmen...
June 18, 2010:The two governments are also signing two agreements in the fields of science and technology and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the

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Beyond The BP Deepwater Horizon S...
June 15, 2010, Gland, Switzerland: Taking a new course for marine environmental protection and management. Statement by IUCN’s World Commission on Protected

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THE WATER GOD---Save him for our...

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