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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Uttaranchal
Corbett National Park Aptly called the ‘Land of Roar and Trumpet’, this forest of flowing rivers, blue waters and sal-dappled glades, was christened after the

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West Bengal
Sundarbans Tiger Reserve 'Sundervana' in Sanskrit means 'beautiful forests'. A variety of mangrove locally known as 'sunderi' gives the area its name. The fore

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Elephants in trouble
December 2001: A group of farmers in Assam’s Sonitpur district have been instigated to declare war against the district’s elephants. In just 70 days, 31 eleph

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Crisis in Valmiki: Tigers left un...
August 1999: The Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar is not faring any better than Palamau. It has had no Field Director for more than two months. Staff salaries h

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Tal wetlands: Thermal power plant...
October 2001: Not much is left of Bihar's natural habitats, especially after the creation of Jharkhand, which contains most of the region's forests and wild h

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Indravati: Regaining Paradise
April 2000: The tiger reserve gets its name from the Indravati river, which borders the protected area on the north, west and part of the south. The total are

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Useful Contacts
This section provides a list of Government Departments and NGOs working in the conservation arena across the country.Choose an NGO by StateAndaman & Nicobar I

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Green Law
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 The Central Empowered Committee Orders and Recommendati

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Environmental Journalism
Environmental journalism is yet to develop as a full-fledged field within journalism. There are a hundred stories waiting to be done but not enough reporters

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Bustard Sanctuaries up for grabs?
Once a stronghold of the Great Indian Bustard, the Karera Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh is now in an abysmal state. The endangered bustards have not be

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Man causes problems, leopards are...
Local politicians are once again pressurising the forest department to kill a leopard that has been scaring people in the Vejgaon area of Chandrapur in Mahara

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Whale hunting in Japan to reduce
According to Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers, there will be a 20 per cent reduction in the number of whales targeted in the Southern Ocean Wh

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