Sanctuary Asia is one of India

India

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's first and one of its leading environmental

Environmentalism

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 news magazines, being published in a bimonthly cycle. It was founded in 1981 by the conservationist Bittu Sahgal

Bittu Sahgal

Bittu Sahgal, an Environmental activist, is the founding editor of Sanctuary Asia, India's premier wildlife and ecology magazine. He is member of the National Board for Wildlife He is also at the forefront of the battle to protect India from the worst impacts of climate change.-Early life:Born on...

 as Sanctuary. It became a syndicated publication under the banner of Sanctuary Features. Presently, the magazine is attractively packaged 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
  United Kingdom
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  -based environmental journal The Ecologist
  The Ecologist
  The Ecologist is a British environmental publication founded in 1970 by Edward Goldsmith. It addresses a wide range of environmental subjects and promotes an ecological systems thinking approach through its news stories, investigations and opinion articles. The Ecologist encourages its readers to...
  
   (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

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

 in the 1980s:

• Project Tiger: A series of documentaries on the landmark conservation initiative Project Tiger
  Project Tiger
  Project Tiger was launched in 1972 in India. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of tigers in their natural habitats and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage for the people. The selection of areas for the reserves represented as close as possible the...
  
  
• 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.. They also have the annual wildlife awards in photography, wildlife conservation and wildlife service in India

See also

• Website of Sanctuary Asia