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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Umred-Karhandla - An Evolving Suc...
The name Roheet Karoo is synonymous with this forest. Working closely with local communities and forest officials, he helped nurture biodiversity back to a la

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No Climate For Fig Wasps
The blistering heat of Ranthambhore forces Shardul Bajikar to contemplate how rising temperatures might impact fig trees, fig wasps and the surprisingly huge

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Meet Param Jit (Pammi) Singh
From wildlife crime crackdowns in Sansar Chand’s days, to trekking through miles of rough terrain, he’s done it all. Born and brought up in Delhi, this rema

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Otter Spotted In Ramnagar Forest...
Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region continues to delight wildlife enthusiasts. Weeks after striped hyaenas were rediscovered in the Pawalgarh Conservation Reserve via

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Incriminating Evidence Against Th...
Cee4Life’s long-running investigations into the alleged involvement of Thailand’s Tiger Temple in the illegal, cross-border trafficking of tigers, reveals fre

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Nature And Wildlife Of India - A...
Kanan Bhuta and Karlette Joseph have been friends since over 15 years. The exhibition is a collection their photographs over the years that have been shot all

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“ A Hundred More Years To Go": A...
Vardhan Patankar pays tribute to his mentor Dr. Boman Framji Chhapgar, a man considered to be India’s first marine biologist.

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A Note On The Nilgiris
Wildlife biologist N. Lakshminarayanan pays homage to the incredible beauty and diversity of the Nilgiris, even as he highlights the problems in this fracture

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Pulling Weight At The Forest Game...
At the All India Forest Service Games held in December 2015, Uttarakhand was the runner up with a final tally of 81 medals. The state’s women forest officers

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Revisiting Nagarahole
On January 29, 2015, we headed to the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve for a two-day trip to sight wildlife as well as to unwind ourselves. Our route lay through Sath

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Meeting Yeti In Delhi
A volunteer at the student-driven Young Ecologists Talk and Interact Conference 2016, Reetika Maheshwary presents a concise overview of the event for Sanctuar

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Two Days At YETI
A student of Delhi University’s Gargi College, and a young conservationist, Vaishali Rawat shares her notes from the two days she spent at the Young Ecologist

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