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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Meet Rushikesh Chavan
Meet Rushikesh Chavan in conversation with Lakshmy Raman about his mission and his work with The Habitats Trust.

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A Fraudulent Flower
The ancient evolutionary ‘treachery’ of Caralluma umbellata flowers, by Soham Kacker.

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The Sugarcane Tigers Of Pilibhit
Keshav Agarwal writes about the big cats that have made croplands their home, and the challenges this status quo poses for humans and wildlife.

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Walong’s White Bellies
Gopinathan Maheswaran shares his fascination for the White-bellied Heron, and other avians, in Walong, Arunachal Pradesh.

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Their Only Home
Divya Kilikar and Abinaya Kalyanasundaram picked out a few of India’s lesser-known endemics to showcase the stunning diversity of our beautiful country.

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The Panje Wetlands
Aishwarya Sridhar and Stalin Dayanand elaborate on the political and business challenges in protecting this avian paradise.

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Book Review: Leopard Diaries
Abinaya Kalyanasundaram reviews scientist, conservationist and writer Sanjay Gubbi's latest book chronicling his decade-long research with the rosetted cat.

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Im Memory of Ambika Prasad Khare
Sreenivasa Murthy remembers the dedicated educationist who was so loved by the children of the Panna Tiger Reserve.

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Highways in the Sky
Dr. Pankaj Chandan highlights how two seemingly unconnected wetlands – Gharana in Jammu and Tso Kar in Ladakh – provide a vital aerial link for migratory birds.

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Beyond Dachigam
An account of Kashmir’s diverse protected landscapes and what it took to save them, by Divya Kilikar.

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Monitoring Trans-Himalayan Migran...
Ornithologist Simon Delany recalls days spent in Ladakh in the 1970s and 1980s, documenting and tagging birds across three expeditions.

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High Level Conflicts And Rescues
Aaliya Mir on managing high-stress rescues of wild animals in Kashmir, and how community awareness is critical to the process.

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