IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Bear Specialist Group

Sun bears : global status review and conservation action plan, 2019–2018

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. But all species have declined in numbers due to the impacts of human activities, including: habitat alteration and destruction; unregulated killing of bears for sport; sale of parts for medicinal products; and protection of crops or livestock.

Author(s)
Herrero, Stephen
Peyton, Bernard
Servheen, Christopher

Proceedings of the second international symposium on the trade of bear parts, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington USA, March 21-23, 1997

Author(s)
Williamson, Douglas F.
Gaski, Andrea L.

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Trade of Bear Parts for Medicinal Use, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, September 9-11, 1994

Author(s)
Rose, Debra A.
Gaski, Andrea L.
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