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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Where The Wild Things Are
A young Columbia University student’s musings while on assignment as a freelance writer-photographer in Nagarahole.

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The Mystery Of The Migrating Gian...
Tracing their evolutionary, historical and cultural routes, Shyamal Datta and Dr. Bibhuti Lahkar write sensitively about elephants, the gentle giants of the E

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Guns, Birds And Narikuravas
Is it fair to criminalise local tribal people for hunting to feed their families? Can we afford to lose our rapidly declining biodiversity? The author, who is

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Armed And Dangerous... Naturally
Venom. Poison. Toxin. Words often interchanged, used inconsistently and with much ambiguity. Though the underlying structure and disposition of poisons and ve

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Reality Check
Most of us go through life without noticing the magical world that so enriches our ephemeral existences. When we drive past open spaces in cities, for instanc

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Counting Tigers
Dr. Y.V. Jhala and Dr. Q. Qureshi elaborate on the nuts and bolts of India’s high-tech, country-wide tiger assessment status. The authors explain how their do

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Syrian Conflict Triggered By Clim...
Human- induced climate change is exerting pressure on the world, and the problems of rising populations and growing scarcity in the face of growing demand for

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WIPRO - Nature Forever Society Sp...
Nature Forever Society (NFS), true to its endeavou rand commitment to protecting nature, held the WIPRO-Nature Forever Society Sparrow Awards 2015 at the Maha

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The Domestic Wild - When An Orpha...
Returning home from a village pond, a farmer from Bengal’s Midnapore district hears the call of an animal in distress. Stopping to investigate, he discovers a

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Unchecked Wildlife Trade In Laos’...
On March 19, 2015, the London based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a report on how the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GT SEZ) in Bo

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Uttarakhand Notifies Bird Conserv...
On March 9, 2015, the Government of Uttarakhand notified an area of 111.9 sq. km. in the Nainital district of Kumaon as the Nainadevi Himalayan Bird Conservat

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From Nainadevi To Nandhaur
Freshly initiated into the world of wildlife conservation, Vaishali Rawat goes on a meandering journey through northern Kumaon’s precious forests.

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