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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A journey to the edge
As world leaders of the G 8 convened in Europe in early April 2009, Barack Obama made statements signalling the greater involvement of the United States in the

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Night traffic comes to a halt in...
October 2009: In early August, the Karnataka High Court banned night (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.) vehicular traffic passing through two roads bisecting the Bandipur Wil

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Kenya's Amboseli National Park th...
October 2009: Sinohydro, a Chinese-owned corporation, has been using explosives to excavate a rock quarry in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, endangering migra

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Good news from the Valmiki Tiger...
October 2009: Between January 1 and August 19, 2009 at least 66 tigers have been killed in India. Around 23 of these were victims of poaching while the other

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Notorious wildlife criminal Sansa...
October 2009: In a highly-disappointing decision, the Supreme Court of India by an order dated August 24, 2009, suspended the jail sentence of notorious wildl

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Rhino horn demand booming in Asia
October 2009: Rhino populations worldwide are threatened by a sharp increase in demand for rhino horns, leading to a devastating upswing in poaching. Accordin

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E-waste dump site in Roorkie
October 2009: Overriding serious environmental concerns, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given M/s Attero Pvt. Ltd., a recycling plant base

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U.S. National Oceanic and Atmosph...
October 2009: The Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace have filed a suit against the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for

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Peru explores the possibility of...
October 2009: Peru’s anchovy fishers, who account for 10 per cent of the total world fish catch, will attempt to ensure the sustainability of their stocks for

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Sunken ship threatens ridleys in...
October 2009: A cargo ship operating under a Mongolian flag capsized off the Paradip harbour in Orissa on September 9, 2009. The ship is believed to have been

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It’s the Economy stupid! Why inve...
“An estimated five gigatonnes or 15 per cent of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions - the principal greenhouse gas - are being absorbed or ‘sequestrated’ by tr

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Not Burning Bright....

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