sanctuary asia

One lesson that forest officers today can learn from Fateh Singh Rathore’s life is that their loyalties should only be with the forests – and not politicians or superior officers.

"They will be recognised as freedom fighters who saved our world from ourselves for generations to come."

The ‘Hell is Here’ photo led Biplab Hazra earning the wildlife and conservation magazine Sanctuary Asia’s photographer of the year in 2017.

Shashank Dalvi is an ornithologist and Nikit Surve studies man-animal conflict.

The competition is organised by Sanctuary Nature Foundation in association with and support of Urvi Ashok Piramal Foundation and M. R. Morarka Foundation.

Dhruv Prajapati was awarded the Young Naturalist Award 2016 by Sanctuary Asia for his seminal research on spiders – a great contribution to biodiversity exploration in India.

Nature is a playground for the country's foremost butterfly expert, who believes that butterflies can act as a conduit for conservation.