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 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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Rising Losses, Growing Pricing, I...
There is a growing dysfunction in global insurance markets, from war-risk coverage to climate-related risks. Praveen Gupta highlights the urgent need for the.

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Getting More Bang For The Buck
Iconic to India’s grasslands, blackbuck may not have benefited from the strategy of rigid Protected Area boundaries. Dr. Seshadri K.S. presents a compelling.

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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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