Protected calfing zone demanded in part of Hudson Bay, Canada to help protect the Beluga Whale population…TM
Churchill, Manitoba’s Polar Bear Alert Program is still reporting many fewer problems with polar bears onshore than it did last year at the same point in the ice-free season (week 5, 7-13 August): Compare to week five last year (2016), when bears came ashore in excellent condition: Although it’s been warmer than average recently (25.4 […]
via Churchill polar bear reports still showing fewer problems than last year — polarbearscience
Canadians, write to your MP. Other countries’ citizens, write to http://www.canada.travel/
The Center for Biological Diversity has failed in its bid to use NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) to pressure Canada to list polar bears as a species ‘threatened’ with extinction — wrapping up a story I wrote about twice last year (here and here).
The CBC reported on June 6, 2014(“NAFTA panel won’t review Canada’s polar bear policy“):
“Vote rejects request for investigation into why Canada won’t designate bears threatened, endangered.”
“An international trade panel has decided not to review whether Canada is enforcing its own environmental legislation to protect its polar bear population.
The Commission for Environmental Co-operation voted 2-1 to reject a request for an investigation into why Canada has chosen not to designate the bears as threatened or endangered. A U.S. environmental group had filed a submission claiming that decision leaves the bears without protection, despite the…
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