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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All Is Not Well! At The Top Of Th...
Once shy and receding, Ladakh’s marmots have undergone a personality change. Sujatha Padmanabhan explains why this is less than reassuring.

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The Wild Nature Of Nature Tourism
TOFTigers’ visionary founder Julian Matthews delineates ways to prevent India’s wildlife travel boom from going bust.

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Notes From A Backcountry Wanderer
Mountaineer Karn Kowshik gives voice to the concerns of the outdoor community, while recognising everyone’s right to experience the joys of the wild.

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Indonesia’s Burning Issue
A single forest fire is hard to control. Imagine over 100,000 of them. Indonesia is in the middle of what can be termed as the worst environmental disaster of

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Totally Terrific Tree Barks
There is one part of the tree that does not get as much attention as the other, ‘prettier’ ones such as the leaf, flower or fruit - the tree bark - the outer,

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Rapping Her Protest
Sofia Ashraf’s rap music video ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ went viral on social media for its brave stance in asking Unilever to take accountability for the toxic merc

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Ramble On
To love wildlife, is to love travel. We admit that we have no scientific data to back this claim, and the lack of empirical evidence may put this in question

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The Jungle Of Barely Floating Hop...
In Chhattisgarh’s Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, a small crew works to protect a not-so-charismatic, but highly endangered bovine at the Wild Buffalo Rescue C

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Activists Uncover Rampant Logging...
The Wildlife Society of Orissa has obtained photographic evidence of the illegal smuggling of wood from the Similipal Tiger Reserve to nearby towns, and expos

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Bengal Monitor Lizard
With a Velociraptor-like face, predatory swagger, and a powerful body as an adult, the monitor lizard seems to have crawled straight out of the dinosaur age,

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Thank You, Pope Francis
Jennifer Scarlott writes about Pope Francis’ efforts in taking on two of the most pressing issues of our times - climate change and animal welfare.

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Guanacos
The South American highlands have camels of their own, the guanacos, which are very different from the camels that we see. They are considered to be the ances

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