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| Type | Weekly environmental newsmagazine |
| Format | Magazine |
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| Owner | Sanctuary Features |
| Editor | Bittu Sahgal |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | 145/146, Pragati Industrial Estate, N.M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400011 |
| Circulation | NA |
| ISSN | NA |
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| Website: www.sanctuaryasia.com | |
Sanctuary Asia is one of India's first and one of its leading environmental news magazines, being published in a bimonthly cycle. It was founded in 1981 by the conservationist Bittu Sahgal as Sanctuary. It became a syndicated publication under the banner of Sanctuary Features. Presently, the magazine is attractively packaged [1] with colored photographs, and an associated website. Other associated publications brought out by Sanctuary Features include:
- Sanctuary Cub: A magazine for children (from 1984)
- The Ecologist Asia: The Indian edition of the United Kingdom-based environmental journal The Ecologist (from 1993)
Sanctuary Features also publishes books on the environment and conservation. It owns a stock photo agency, and has an associated film production company - Sanctuary Films. Sanctuary Films produced two popular mini-series for the national television channel Doordarshan in the 1980s:
- Project Tiger: A series of documentaries on the landmark conservation initiative Project Tiger
- Rakshak: A narrative serial for children with environmental themes
Sanctuary Asia is also directly involved with environmental activism, often running media campaigns for specific conservation causes. [2]
See also
- Website of Sanctuary Asia
References
- ^ Various authors, India, pp. 76; Lonely Planet Publications, 2005
- ^ Ed.s Thomas O. McShane, Michael P. Wells; Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development, pp. 310; Columbia University Press, 2004 (ISBN 0-231-12764-2)
