A Tribute by Bittu Sahgal

August 2010: The average educated adult knows little or nothing of the teeming plant and animal life of the country, and cares less. Livestock does not interest him, and the world is to him a place which holds only human beings.

June 2010: Indian ornithology and field biology stand on the shoulders of giants such as Dr. Sálim Ali writes Bittu Sahgal. The grand old bird man of India loved nature, but was never sentimental about it. He admired wild animals, but was a shikari. He was a conservationist, but advocated ‘wise use’ not ‘no use’.

A new series from Sanctuary Asia

April 2010: We must change our heroes if we are to have any chance at all of saving our planet. Across India valiant battles are silently being fought by all manner of people ranging from conservationists and forest officers to scientists and villagers.