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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In Gratitude To The Eastern Himal...
Aparajita Datta on her experience working in the Eastern Himalaya for 20 decades on community and conservation.

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Commentary: 40 years and Counting
Bittu Sahgal remembers a bonfire night under the Jogi Mahal banyan tree in Ranthambhore with Fateh Singh Rathore that led to the birth of Sanctuary.

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Life In The Lived Landscape: A De...
Ghazala Shahabuddin chronicles her decade-long work working with communities and biodiversity in Mukteshwar, in the Kumaon region of the western Himalaya.

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Tigers Of Eastern Central India:...
Aditya Panda chronicles the rise and fall of the tiger conservation movement in the Eastern Central Indian landscape.

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One Earth
Pranay Lal writes elaborates on how the soil and microbiome play a role in the Earth's climate and geological processes.

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Love In The Anthropocene
Neelima Vallangi recalls her journey into climate journalism and how one can find hope in the anthropocene.

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Community Conserved Areas: The Tr...
Neema Pathak Broome highlights the importance of Community Conserved Areas and how supporting communities is key to biodiversity conservation.

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Of Wildlife and Photography: Refl...
Joanna Van Gruisen reminisces her early days of wildlife photography and filmmaking in Kashmir in the 1980s.

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The Wild on Camera
Award-winning filmmaker Akanksha Sood Singh writes about the history and legacy of wildlife and nature filmmaking in India.

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Conservation Meets Technology
Shashank Srinivasan, cartographer, drone pilot, and conservation technologist, elaborates on how technology can aid conservation, if used right.

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Singalila's Red Pandas
Follow Reva Duraphe as she travels to these lush forests in West Bengal.

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The Conscious SCUBA Diver
Karan Deshpande and Nupur Kale on how to SCUBA dive without disturbing the ocean and its corals.

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