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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Two Years With Mud On Our Boots
When the Sanctuary Nature Foundation launched the Mud on Boots Project in January 2017, I was several shades more naive than I am today. Perhaps that was for

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The Magic Of Grass
“Following in the footsteps of the National Forest Policy of 1988, the updated draft policy of 2018 re-emphasises the need to enhance tree and forest cover. B

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Off-Roads And Off-Limits
Off-roading may sound like fun, but it could kill fragile ecosystems and species.

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Mumbai’s Forgotten Shores - The C...
Sejal Mehta, member of Marine Life of Mumbai, highlights the city’s incredible marine biodiversity, now threatened by a development project that will also adv

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Mumbai’s Living Beaches
You only protect what you love, and you only love what you know. A photographic tribute to the intertidal marine life of Mumbai. In beautiful contrast to the un

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Chhattisgarh Human-Elephant Confl...
In May 2019, farmers in the Dharamjaigarh block of the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh faced severe crop depredation from wild elephants. According to inform

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Snakebite Awareness Camp For Kids...
In April 2019, Sanctuary’s Project Leaders Sandhya Rani and Marina Juliet conducted a three day snakebite awareness camp at The Gerry Martin Project (TGMP) fi

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Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Vandana Shiva, a renowned ecofeminist, environmental activist and author writes about the injustice inflicted by the Supreme Court on 1.1 million adivasis who

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The Northeast
A world of vivid green, exuberant flora and endemic fauna - Northeast India leaves an indelible impression on anyone who is lucky to visit the region. It has

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Dharti Rakshaks Of Melghat
Rizwan Mithawala, a conservation writer with the Wildlife Conservation Trust, shares the stories of four commendable forest guards who have dedicated their li

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Can India Afford Not To Save Its...
Julian Matthews explains why the economies behind tigers play a critical, yet a largely unrecognised role in India’s conservation efforts.

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Love In A Time Of Unrest
I love Dachigam winters. Over the past three decades I have visited this Kashmir forest multiple times, in every season. This image of a magnificent male hang

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