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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Green Souls - Growing Together
The planet and its biodiversity will only be saved if urban and rural populations learn to live more responsibly, says Anirudh Nair, who writes about one orga

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Japan Ordered To Halt Whale Hunt
On March 30, 2014, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial arm of the United Nations, ruled that Japan must stop its annual whale hunt in t

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Living Legends
A million tiger images float around the web - uploaded to facebook or twitter by excited first time visitors, amateur naturalists, famous photographers or exp

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National Green Tribunal Curbs Tra...
The National Green Tribunal has banned traffic on six sections of National Highway 37, which passes through Kaziranga National Park, identified as wildlife co

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Fait Accompli!
“How on Earth do we cope with them?" That’s what the natural world seems to be pondering, as that misfit, Homo sapiens, runs amok through fragile Planet Ear

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Kakoijana - Home Of The Golden La...
Debahutee Roy writes about a conservation initiative for endangered golden langurs, involving a triumvirate of local communities, forest officials and NGOs wo

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Post Sariska - Are Wild Tigers Se...
Post the Sariska and Panna debacles, several apparently positive steps have been initiated to save the tiger, but something is missing. India’s planners are

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Dehorning Rhinos In Assam To Prev...
There is a move afoot to dehorn rhinos in Assam. The logic is that this will make rhinos less valuable, therefore poaching will stop. It will not.

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Sanctuary Nature Trail At Sanjay...
We look forward to seeing you and your family for a nature trail led by the Sanctuary team at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai on March 22, 20

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India Sees Simultaneous Rise In F...
With its CO2 emissions rising by 7.7 per cent, India was among the largest global contributors to fossil fuel emissions in 2012 according to a November 2013 i

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Tiger-Killer Sansar Chand Meets H...
Sansar Chand, arguably the most lethal poacher of tigers India has ever seen, died on March 18, 2014, in Alwar's SMS hospital as a result of complications fro

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The Malabar Hills Frog
Brownish to bright red, the colourful fungoid frog or the Malabar Hills frog is found not only on the forest floor, but also close to human habitation, says R

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