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 Forgotten Wilderness: Indian...
The Forgotten Wilderness Across the vast sweep of the Indian subcontinent lies a landscape long misunderstood, frequently dismissed, and quietly vanishing.

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Making Way for the Wild
The animal underpasses on NH44 in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh are pioneering measures that made way for several similar structures across India.

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Miles To Go Before They Sleep
No matter where or how migration unfolds, it tells the same tale: of adaptation, endurance, and life’s unyielding will to survive, writes Rithwik Sundar.

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Night Riders: Ocean Migration
An unimaginably large number of small animals travel upwards through ocean water after sunset, and return to the cold depths before sunrise, finds The Habitats.

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Paying Guests
Migratory species bring vital ecosystem services that benefit us all, writes Sahir Doshi. Let’s welcome these travellers and protect them!

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The Wild Crossing
PHOTOFEATURE The Wild Crossing.

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Woman-led Conservation Excellence
Woman-led Conservation Excellence Since their inception 13 years ago, the Balipara Awards have honoured over 184 Eastern Himalayan Earth Heroes.

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Rewilding Tourism
Rewilding Tourism The eighth annual TOFT Wildlife & Nature Tourism Awards demonstrates how tourism can help repair damaged habitats, reduce pressure.

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Washing Away The Subansiri Elepha...
Washing Away the Subansiri Elephants Power generation by the Subansiri Lower Hydro-electric Project will result in flash-floods, at the cost of both elephants.

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Wildlife Films - Voices Of Green-...
When Sanctuary spearheaded a 16-part tele-series on 'Project Tiger' in the late 90s, little could we have predicted its runaway viewership. Almost four decades.

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Future Imperfect: Intergeneration...
Future Imperfect Intergenerational risk is an externality that ought to be internalised when scoping any long-tail risk. Climate breakdown, in particular.

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Elephant - The Divine Mystery
The stunning images from the latest book by the famous Bedi Brothers are yours to behold! This review by Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia, is accompanied.

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