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 Sunil Alagh
April 2001: A most unlikely conservationist, Sunil Alagh, the CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd. is better known for his marketing instincts and the re-position

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Meet Shruti Sharma
February 2001: A successful forest officer in a male-dominated service, she is upbeat about her ability to make a difference using resources available within

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Meet Peter Jackson
Born in London on January 27, 1926, Peter Jackson was recently presented with the Peter Scott Award for Conservation Merit by the IUCN Species Survival Commis

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Meet Billy Arjan Singh
Born in Gorakhpur on August 15, 1917, three decades before India's Independence, the feisty 'Billy' Arjan Singh is a man ahead of his time.  

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Meet Bivash Pandav
August 2000: Winner of a Sanctuary ABN AMRO Bank Millennium Wildlife Service Award, Bivash Pandav is one of India's bright young field biologists on whom the

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Meet G. V. Reddy
June 2000: Tough, efficient, yet caring… Goddilla Vishwanatha Reddy is the quintessential wildlifer. A Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), in charge of the Rantham

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Meet J.C. Daniel
Spanning a lifetime, Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel's tryst with nature began as a young boy. Born in Nagercoil and brought up in Trivandrum, his childhood memories i

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Meet Fr. Tom Kocherry
February 2000: A labour leader, Tom Kocherry is the Coordinator of the World Forum of Fish-harvester and Fishworkers (WFF) and India's National Alliance of Pe

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Meet Ashish Kothari
Ashish Kothari's pro-people stance pits him against those who seek displacement of local communities as a strategy to protect sanctuaries and national parks.

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Meet Debi Goenka
Debi Goenka has taken on India's most powerful environmental-law breakers. But his harshest criticism is reserved for activists who bend under pressure.  

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Meet Dr. Ravi Chellam
Wildlifer and conservation biologist, Dr. Ravi Chellam is a faculty member at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun. He was among those who undertook

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