Community conservation: human-polar bear conflict management
Date/time: December 4, 13:00-14:30
Room: Utsikten
Session organizer: Femke Koopmans, WWF Netherlands and Gert Polet, WWF Netherlands
In this session several presentations will discuss the status of polar bears and human-polar bear conflict reduction projects in Arctic communities. The session will end with a panel discussion in which the roles of local communities, national and regional government authorities and institutions, universities and NGOs in human-polar bear conflict reduction will be explored. This includes new approaches and technology, the importance of strong regional and national mechanisms, and transboundary cooperation.
- Femke Koopmans, WWF Netherlands: pdf Community based human-polar bear conflict management (2.46 MB)
- pdf (2.46 MB) Geoff York, Polar Bears International: pdf Global status and trends: it's not black and white (4.83 MB)
- Eric Regehr, Range States' Human-Polar Bear Conflict Working Group: pdf Polar Bear-Human Information Management System (2.14 MB)
- Rascha Nuijten, Radboud University Nijmegan: pdf Relative importance of the multiple stressors faced by polar bears (3.97 MB)
- pdf Panel discussion questions (997 KB)
Session theme: Mainstreaming biodiversity: linking Arctic ecosystems to society