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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America, Where are You?

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Environmental Law
Inspite of an extensive body of environmental laws, a responsive judiciary and large groups and communities who are willing to litigate on issues of environme

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Obama sets it straight
In a welcome move, President Barack Obama reversed a last-minute Bush administration regulation that would have made it easier for federal agencies to skip co

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Northern jaguar future bleak?
Most people are aware that jaguars are found in South America but few know that the northern species of this cat once ranged from the Bay area of California t

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Balkan lynx on the brink
Once killed as a pest, the Balkan lynx, a subspecies of the European lynx, and the largest of the wild cats found in Europe, is now being hunted for its prize

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War on wildlife
Eighty-one per cent of major armed conflicts from 1950 to 2000 occurred in countries that contain one of the 34 identified biodiversity hotspots, reveals a ne

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Illegal ivory trade rising
Fewer than 150 elephants remain in Vietnam’s forests and the illegal wildlife trade is further decimating populations. Though trade in ivory is banned in the

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Satellite tracking whale sharks a...
Little is known about the behaviour of the endangered whale shark. In an attempt to bridge this gap, experts from the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have embar

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Ecosystem markets rising
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is creating the first office dedicated solely to market-based conservation strategies.

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Tiger parts seized in Manipur
In mid-February, a huge consignment of animal parts including two tiger skulls, two tiger paws, 16 kg. of tiger bones, 340 kg. of pangolin shell and 191 deer

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Where is the money?
Money released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for anti-poaching operations in the Manas Tiger Reserve is yet to reach park officials.

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The translocation fad
There seems to be a new solution to tiger conservation problems in India - just reintroduce an animal from another reserve.

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