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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No Kings
NO KINGS. Apex predators help shape ecosystems, but they are not ‘rulers’ – just threads in a wider web on the planet, writes Rithwik Sundar.

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Close Quarters
CLOSE QUARTERS Two minutes after the leopard passed, I unknowingly followed in its tracks, writes Sahir Doshi, as he traverses shared wild spaces in Mumbai.

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Apex Scavenger
Treating an injured vulture, a top scavenger of our skies, was not just about healing a wound, but about restoring its ability to. By Malyasri Bhattacharya.

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Above it All
PHOTOFEATURE Above it all.

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I Choose Earth
A simple way for people to say, in their own words, what they stand for – forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers, wildlife, clean air, a livable planet.

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The Sentinels Of The Deccan Plain...
he Sentinels of the Deccan Plains Far from being barren, the semi-arid Deccan Plateau is a vibrant ecosystem that connects human culture with wild nature.

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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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The Sanctuary Interview: Meet Pro...
Widely known as the ‘Grass Man of India,’ whose techniques have restored thousands of hectares of grasslands, he shares what lies ahead for India’s grasslands.

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The Ecological Uplift: Rewilding...
Globally collaborative rewilding efforts are restoring grasslands and their associated species to their former strength, signaling change and hope.

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Reviving Dudhwa's Food-Grass: One...
Reviving Dudhwa’s Food-grass Nearly a fifth of Dudhwa’s landscape is grassland. Somreet Bhattacharya and Mudit Gupta detail how, over the past five years.

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Grasslands Need Protection - Now
Now! With no safeguards, no proper management plan, and insufficient public consensus rallying for their protection, India’s grasslands remain vulnerable.

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The Living Plateaus Of The Sahyad...
The Konkan laterite plateaus harbour extraordinary life. Kedar Gore reflects on their former glory and how they can still be resurrected.

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