Sentences with phrase «of polar bear specialists»

In short, we don't know what will happen since it has not happened before within living memory; the opinions of polar bear specialists must be taken with a grain of salt because so many of their previous assumptions have turned out to be wrong (Crockford 2017a, b, 2018), see here, here, and here.

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The study's results currently are used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's polar bear specialist group, which completes assessments of polar bears and issues the species» conservation status.

In 2009, the Polar Bear Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported that eight polar bear subpopulations are declining, three are stable and one is increasBear Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported that eight polar bear subpopulations are declining, three are stable and one is increasbear subpopulations are declining, three are stable and one is increasing.

«This paper ties it all together and shows a very clear relationship between the disappearance of sea ice and increasing predation intensity on seabirds,» says Andrew Derocher, a polar bear specialist and Arctic ecologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

Some polar bear specialists warn that the pace of projected human - driven warming could present greater challenges than prolonged warm spells of the past.

They report in the journal Science of the Total Environment that they questioned 13 specialists from four nations to propose ways of measuring polar bear health.

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«The PBSG is the authoritative source for information on the world's polar bears,» declares the PBSG / IUCN / Species Survival Commission website, «and one of IUCN / SSC's more than 100 specialist groups that work to produce and to compile scientific knowledge about the world's species and give independent scientific advice to decision - makers and management authorities.»

Is there a mutiny in the works between the IUCN Red List and the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) over polar bear population estimates or has there simply been a breach of ethBear Specialist Group (PBSG) over polar bear population estimates or has there simply been a breach of ethbear population estimates or has there simply been a breach of ethics?

«The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) should have been disbanded in 1996, the year polar bears were down - graded from a status of «vulnerable to extinction'to «lower risk — conservation dependent» (now called «least concern») on the IUCN Red List,» Professor Crockford writes.

In a posting on his website entitled, «How «Science» Counts Bears or Why it Takes a Village,» Steele explains why the polar bear counts of Canada's native Inuits are more accurate and scientific than the politicized computer modeling of the IUCN's Polar Bear Specialist Grbear counts of Canada's native Inuits are more accurate and scientific than the politicized computer modeling of the IUCN's Polar Bear Specialist GrBear Specialist Group.

John Sauven: If you look at the recent IUCN polar bear specialist group they said that of the 19 populations of polar bears, 8 are declining, 3 are stable, and one is increasing.

IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group is the same group that are the source of this latest definition of polar bear knowleBear Specialist Group is the same group that are the source of this latest definition of polar bear knowlebear knowledge.

This is the 1st anniversary of Canada providing population estimates and trends independent of the pessimistic prognostications of the IUCN / SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG)-- so let's celebrate the recent triumphs and resilience of polar bears to their ever - changing Arctic environment.

Based on such studies Dr. Derocher, chairman of the IUCN's Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) warned, «It's clear from the research that's been done by myself and colleagues around the world that we're projecting that, by the middle of this century, two - thirds of the polar bears will be gone from their current populations».

That year, the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group booted 20 - year member Mitch Taylor out of their organization, explaining that his skeptical views on human - caused global warming were «extremely unhelpful» to their polar bear conservation ageBear Specialist Group booted 20 - year member Mitch Taylor out of their organization, explaining that his skeptical views on human - caused global warming were «extremely unhelpful» to their polar bear conservation agebear conservation agenda.