SanctuaryAsia-April2018

The quiet changemakers EARTH DAY VOLUME 38 l ISSUE 4 l MUMBAI APRIL 2018 l PAGES 100 l INR 100/- RNI No.37628/ ...

22 Sanctuary Asia, April 2018Sanctuary Asia, April 2018 EDITOR Randhir Sahgal PRINCIPAL ADVISOR Ranjit Barthakur EXECUTIVE EDITO ...

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CONTENTS April 2018 On the cover The Horsfi eld’s spiny lizard or the Nilgiri salea is an agamid endemic to the high altitudes o ...

WILD DESTINATION 44 Ulu Muda – Kedah’s Neglected Eden Fariman Salahshour unearths the magic of a little-known forest known as Ul ...

Sanctuary | Commentary WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! How stunning is this? One of Mumbai’s inveterate naturalists, Yogesh Chavan, foun ...

More at http://www.sanctuaryasia.com | Commentary Photographer: Yogesh Chavan Location: Bhandup Pumping Station, Mumbai Details: ...

Sanctuary | News BATTY ABOUT A LONGER LIFESPAN Researchers have uncovered the greater mouse-eared bat’s secret to longevity. Of ...

More at http://www.sanctuaryasia.com | News 22 LAKH TREES TO BE CUT Telangana could lose more than 31.56 sq. km. of forest cover ...

Sanctuary | News CLIMATE WATCH HIMALAYA WARMS UP A disturbing trend of increased liquid precipitation in the Himalaya has been o ...

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Sanctuary | Photo Feature If you have ever been to a beach, mudfl at or backwater, you are bound to have noticed a diversity of ...

More at http://www.sanctuaryasia.com | Photo Feature The Crab Plover Dromas ardeola is a wader that belongs to a separate family ...

Sanctuary | Photo Feature The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopo ...

More at http://www.sanctuaryasia.com | Photo Feature The Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus is a small shorebird in the fami ...

Sanctuary | Photo Feature The Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica is a long-billed, long-legged and largely migratory wader in fa ...

More at http://www.sanctuaryasia.com | Photo Feature The Little Stint Calidris minuta is a very small wader. It feeds primarily ...

Sanctuary | Photo Feature Dr. Raju Kasambe The Ruff Calidris pugnax is a medium-sized wading bird in the family Scolopacidae. It ...

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Sanctuary | Photo Feature The Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata is a wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is quite a large wader ...