Ursus maritimus

IUCN Publication

Polar bears: proceedings of the 18th working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Anchorage, Alaska, 7-11 June 2016

The material within these proceedings represents a summary for 2009–2016 on the state of knowledge and conservation concerns for polar bears throughout their range.

Organization(s):

IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group

Publication Year:

2018

Non IUCN Publication

Proceedings of the first international scientific meeting on the polar bear

Organization(s):

University of Alaska, US
United States, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife

Publication Year:

1966

IUCN Publication

Polar bears: proceedings of the 15th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 June-3 July 2009

These 15th Proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic. Together with the previous 14 proceedings, they provide an historic record of the international effort in protecting, studying, and managing polar bears.

Author(s):

Obbard, Martyn E.
Thiemann, Gregory W.
Peacock, Elizabeth
DeBruyn, Terry D.

Organization(s):

IUCN
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
Canada, Environment Canada
United States, Fish and Wildlife Service
Norsk Polarinstitutt, NO
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Publication Year:

2010

IUCN Publication

Polar bears : proceedings of the 14th Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 20-24 June 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA

These proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar arctic. Together with the previous 13 proceedings, they provide an historic record of international efforts in protecting, studying and managing polar bears.

Author(s):

Aars, Jon
Lunn, Nicholas J.
Derocher, Andrew E.

Organization(s):

IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group

Publication Year:

2006

IUCN Publication

Polar bears : proceedings of the 13th Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 23-28 June 2001, Nuuk, Greenland

These proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar arctic.

Author(s):

Lunn, Nicholas J.
Schliebe, Scott
Born, Erik W.

Organization(s):

IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
WWF International
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Publication Year:

2002

IUCN Publication

Polar bears : proceedings of the twelfth Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 3-7 February 1997, Oslo, Norway

These 12th proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears on the circumpolar Arctic.

Author(s):

Derocher, Andrew E.
Garner, Gerald W.
Lunn, Nicholas J.
Wiig, Oystein

Organization(s):

IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
Chicago Zoological Society, US
WWF International
Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Publication Year:

1998

IUCN Publication

Bears : status survey and conservation action plan

The eight species of bear live in more than 65 countries or autonomous regions in four continents, in a variety of habitats from tropical rainforests to arctic ice. Numerous human cultures around the world symbolically or physically try to incorporate the power of bears into their people.