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 Harriet Nimmo
She grew up in a London suburb, probably one of the least biodiversity-rich places in the U.K., and had little connection with nature through school, family o

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Greater Manas is a reality
In early March, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), the local tribal government, announced that it will treble the area of Manas National Park in Assam.

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Gene pool can keep lions safe say...
In a step that is aimed at strengthening their refusal to move some Asiatic lions to alternative locations outside the state, the Gujarat government has initiat

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News coverage on tigers just not...
A study by Newswatch, an independent online group that monitors, collates and documents news and information related to the news media and journalism, has rev

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Poaching clouded leopards in Indi...
Little is known about the exact population status of the clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa, the smallest of the big cat species distributed in North West Beng

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Limits on U.S. Navy sonar trainin...
In a late February ruling, a federal appeals court in Los Angeles ruled that the U.S. Navy must abide by limits on its sonar training off the Southern Califor

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International genetic corridor fo...
At a January 30, 2008 meeting at the United Nations, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Panthera Foundation announced plans to create a 5,000-mile-long

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Bidding for Arctic drilling right...
Oil companies bid $2.66 billion for drilling rights in the Chukchi, a stretch of water off Alaska’s northwest coast that is frozen six months of the year, and

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Responding to Climate Change
A new report issued in early March by the 30-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that the world must respond to climate c

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Maharashtra approves TCFs
The State Finance Department has given the go ahead to set up Tiger Conservation Foundations (TCF) for Melghat, Tadoba-Andhari and Pench Tiger Reserves in Mah

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Human Dam in Maharashtra rejected
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Human Dam Project in Chandrapur District in Maharashtra on the grounds that it would involve massive tree felling and

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WCT-Sanctuary Tiger Workshop
Sanctuary Asia, along with the Wildlife Conservation Trust, organised a series of working sessions involving senior forest officials and NGOs from Maharashtra

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