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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Meet Edward Goldsmith
Born in 1928 in Paris and educated at Oxford, Edward Goldsmith is an environmental prophet. Editor, author, lecturer and campaigner, he founded ‘The Ecologi

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Meet Ranjit Barthakur
Born in 1954 in Jorhat, Assam, to a family of lawyers, his childhood was imbued with Indian values and regular exposure to international issues. His father

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Meet Hemendra Kothari
Known in financial circles as one of India’s most trusted and accomplished investment bankers, the Chairman of DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd.

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Meet Rajiv Bhartari - Field Direc...
Born in Dehradun and schooled in Meerut, Rajiv Bhartari did his masters in botany at the Delhi University and was selected to join the Indian Forest Service

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Meet Rom Whitaker
Rom Whitaker is a legend in his lifetime. He has been largely responsible for making reptiles and amphibians more acceptable to humans who usually recoil at t

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Meet Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh
Inspired by Jim Corbett, A.J.T. Johnsingh pursued a career in field biology just so he could spend time in the forests he loves. He has trained scores of youn

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Meet Dr. Lalji Singh
A scientist and wildlife visionary, Dr. Lalji Singh was born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1947. He graduated from the Banaras Hindu University, from where h

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Passage To Survival - Restore The...
October 2009: The sal dappled glades of the Corbett Tiger Reserve and the evergreen forests of the Upper Dehing Reserved Forests are a perfect example of how

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Meet Pavan Sukhdev
A banker by day and an environmentalist by night, he defies all stereotyping. A climate change expert, he is a Founder-Director of the ‘Green Accounting for Ind

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Meet Lester Brown
Agricultural scientist, prolific author, winner of innumerable international awards, one-time wrestler, long-distance runner and founder of the Earth Policy I

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Meet Bill McKibben
Prolific author, avid cross-country skier and passionate environmentalist, Bill McKibben roused the world in 1989 with his brilliant book The End of Nature. M

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Meet Debbie Banks
Too young to be called an ‘old India hand’, U.K. based Debbie Banks does nevertheless have years of India-experience under her belt, working consistently to p

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