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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Bhitarkanika's mangroves in troub...
April 2005: The Government of Orissa has once again given priority to mega-industrial units over its rich ecology and self-sufficient people. This time, it pl

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Bhitarkanika: Port threatens Oliv...
February 2001: Bhitarkanika is a site of global conservation significance, as a mass nesting ground for the endangered olive Ridley turtle. In recent years, a

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Borivli: threats to a city forest
June 1999: The Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, or Borivli National Park (BNP) as it is better known, is in serious danger. The park is situated not jus

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Melghat: Tigers under assault
June 1999: This is one of the world's most important tiger breeding habitats, affording a continuity of around 2,700 sq. km. The forests of Melghat clothe onl

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Mokhada: Protectors as destroyers...
February 2001: Over the years, Mokhada has lost much of its forest cover to felling (both 'legal' and illegal) and clearing for plantations, most of which hav

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Upper Tapi Dam: Tiger forests to...
February 2001: The lessons of the Sardar Sarovar Project have not been learnt. The proposed Upper Tapi Stage II project envisages the construction of a 67.5 m

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Tadoba's Threatened Tigers
December 2001: The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is gaining from excellent protection measures, but these benefits will be negated if the Human Irrigation Proj

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Sailana and Sardarpur: Florican S...
October 2001: The shrinking forest cover has predictably resulted in severe water scarcity for much of the year, and this year is no exception. Facing a famin

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Gharials - Going... going... gone
October 2006: Sixty years is no more than a blink on the evolutionary timescale… and in a blink we have allowed the gharial to be driven to the brink of extin

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Bodhghat - Damning the Indravati?
December 2004: The Bodhghat Hydroelectric Project involves the construction of a major dam on the Indravati river in Bastar district. Conceived as a precursor

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Pathrakadavu Project threatens th...
June 2004: The mention of Silent Valley still conjures up visions of a global campaign in the late 1970s to save a pristine Western Ghats forest, home to rare

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Athirapally dam threatens tiger a...
June 2001: The proposed Athirapally hydroelectric project on Kerala's Chalakudy river has run into stiff opposition from local groups. The project will requir

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