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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California gets tough on car emis...
In a landmark decision applauded by environmentalists, President Obama’s administration has approved California’s bid to set its own standards for vehicle emi

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China's ban on plastic bags prove...
Sparking a glimmer of hope, China’s ban on plastic bags, which is one year old, has already saved the equivalent of 1.6 million tonnes of oil, further proof t

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Alarming rates of seagrass loss o...
The accelerated loss of seagrass observed in oceans around the world has reached alarming proportions. According to a recent study, there is only 177,000 sq.

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One-third of shark species face e...
A recent report by the Shark Specialist Group at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on 64 species of pelagic (open water) sharks ha

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Why are tigers in trouble?

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Afghanistan gets its first Nation...
In a land ravaged by the Taliban and tribal warlords, wildlife and environment protection has little meaning. The establishment of Band-e-Amir as a national p

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Tough time ahead for Cyprus' bats
Of the 41,000 species of bats worldwide, 16,000 are close to extinction. Of these, the fruit bats are having a particularly tough time, say experts.

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Largest leatherback turtle popula...
A nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa, was identified as the largest ever in the May issue of Biological Conservation.

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Controversial law could legalise...
In a bill akin to India’s Forest Rights Act, Brazil is close to approving a controversial law that would grant land titles to 300,000 properties illegally est

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A global unified citizenry
Sanctuary is joining hands with 350.org and several other like-minded institutions to organise action on October 24, 2009 to ask for a fair global climate tre

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Oil leak threatens marine life
On April 22, 2009, seepage was detected in the single point mooring (SPM) at Paradip, from where pipes carry crude oil to the Haldia refinery. Sources say the

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Insurgency and poaching interlink...
The long suspected nexus between insurgent groups and poachers (Sanctuary Vol. XIX No. 3, June 1999 and Vol. XXIX No. 2, April 2009) has been exposed with the

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