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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Photofeature: Call Of The Wild
Call of The Wild A Retrospective: Past winners of the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards revisit their winning moment, and share the story behind the image.

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An Elephant Herd, A Train, And A...
Elephant collisions with speeding trains have killed thousands of pachyderms. Soumyajeet Bhattacharya and Sushanta Kashyap Borthakur report the timely.

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Sensing Regulated Rivers: Ecologi...
Sensing Regulated Rivers Nachiket Kelkar and his colleagues are exploring a novel approach to monitor ecological flow provision mechanisms in dam-regulated.

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Meet T.R. Shankar Raman
In conversation with Senior Consultant Photo Editor and Naturalist Prachi Galange, founder of the Nature Conservation Foundation T.R. Shankar Raman shares.

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What We Don't See Keeps Us Alive
Through the Lens Bees sustain pollination and food systems, revealing how tiny creatures shape healthy habitats, writes Nitin Chandra.

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Snakeroot Psychology
Snakeroot Psychology The Indian snakeroot was traditionally used as a sedative, and has a rich medicinal history. Its study revealed insights on biological.

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When Silence Becomes Normal: Amne...
When Silence Becomes Normal Kashif Farooq Bhat reminds us of ecological memory and the importance of remembering wild neighbours before we forget them.

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Tipping Into Trouble
Praveen Gupta introspects the unpredictability of climate risks and our preparedness for its consequences amidst failing climate models.

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The Indian Wolf - A Vanishing Her...
The Indian Wolf – A Vanishing Heritage: The Indian lineage of the wolf is the oldest of the grey wolves as per genomic research, and was once found widely.

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On the Precipice
Proposed pumped storage projects threaten the fragile ecology and socio-cultural landscape of the biodiversity hotspot of the Western Ghats.

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The Eternal Story
THE ETERNAL STORY What if the world around us were a giant story book, ask Lakshmy Raman and Shatakshi Gawade.

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Turning Turtle
TURNING TURTLE A young green sea turtle passes its tests! By RESQ Charitable Trust.

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