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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Clay Modeling Camp Held In The Su...
To win community support for conservation efforts and foster a respect for biodiversity, an art event was organized for artists from local villages around the

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New Species Of Bird Discovered In...
A new species of bird has been described from northeastern India and adjacent parts of China by a team of scientists from Sweden, India, China, the US, and Ru

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The Forests Of Wonder
Anuranjan Roy paints an evocative portrait of Arunachal Pradesh’s treasured Pakke Tiger Reserve.

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WCS To Collaborate With World Cus...
WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at reducing the amount of illega

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406 Tigers Roam Karnataka’s Wilds
The Wildlife Institute of India’s tiger enumeration exercise in Karnataka has revealed the existence of about 406 tigers in the state. The scientific process

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Nature's Narratives: Writing Outd...
With over 15 books to his name, including Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime, Stephen Alter was writer-in-residen

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Our Rhinos In Trouble
Poaching is the unfortunate reality that the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authorities have to grapple with, and unfortunately, official responses

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Rare Greater White-fronted Goose...
The Greater White-fronted Goose, a rare bird in the Indian subcontinent, with just three previous records in Maharashtra, has been sighted for the first time

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Disastrous Natural Gas Leak Force...
California’s Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles is at the epicenter of a disastrous natural gas leak that stemmed from a faulty natural gas well owned b

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Photography Competition: Beautifu...
As part of the 55th  annual Vegetable, Fruits and Flower Show (VFF show) by the National Society of the Friends of the Trees, a photography competition has be

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The Bay Island Lizard: My Work Co...
At the Andaman and Nicobar Environment Team Field Station in the Andaman islands, Research Scholar Vardhan Patankar finds himself some remarkable work compani

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First-Of-Its-Kind Dog Population...
For the first time, a dog population survey, commissioned by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), has been completed inside an Indian wildlife re

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