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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The Gir Lion Protection Team
The extraordinary men and women who serve as foresters and forest guards of the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in Gujarat are the gatekeepers of o

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Dr. Yash Veer Bhatnagar
Dr. Yash Veer Bhatnagar is a mountain man, most at home in the icy environs of Spiti and other high-altitude habitats that support such elusive and charisma

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Param Jit Singh
A geologist by training, Param Jit Singh is an anti-poaching mastermind, instrumental in a series of wildlife contraband seizures in Uttarakhand, including

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Nandini Velho
It’s hard to keep pace with Nandini Velho, a trained field biologist whose prime purpose in life is to protect the biodiversity of the planet. At any given

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Varad Giri
Dr. Varad Giri is pushing the boundaries of science, and filling the cavernous gaps in our knowledge of India’s ‘less charismatic’ species. This enables us

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Claude And Norma Alvares
The roaring personalities of husband-wife duo Claude and Norma Alvares epitomise the best of India’s seemingly shrinking intelligentsia.

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Clear As Glass
Nature designed its miraculous systems to mesh together in stunning complexity so that life, all manner of life, could emerge, stay safe and flourish.

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Guardians Of Tomorrow - The Sanct...
It’s a wonderful world. For 11 months of the year, we pay tribute to the subcontinent’s wildlife and wild landscapes. We expound on natural history, critiqu

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Times Of India Editor Sumit Sen
A  great loss to us was the passing away of Sumit Sen, Editor, Times of India, Kolkata. Krishnendu Mukherjee, a Sanctuary Wind Under the Wings awardee, reme

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United Nations Messenger Of Peace...
A United Nations Messenger of Peace, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Her list of on-ground achievements, far outnumber the scores of awards s

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Breed Or Bust? Can Captive Breedi...
Could captive breeding bring the Great Indian Bustard back from the brink of extinction, asks Arjun Awasthi.

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The Hyaena Diaries
Hyaenas have established a tentative home in the outskirts of Maharashtra’s Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary. Mihir Godbole, Milind Raut, Viraaj Apte and Siddhe

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