PolarBearsListedasThreatened
Polarbearswereaddedtothelistofthreatenedspeciesandwillreceivespecialprotectionunder
tatement,SecretaryoftheInteriorDirkKempthornenotedthatthedeclineof
Arcticaiceisthegreatestthreattothebears.
Polarbears
alsotravel,mate,iceismeltingastheplanetwarms,
anditispredictedtocontinuetodosoforveralmoredecades.
"Becaupolarbearsarevulnerabletothislossofhabitat,theyare—inmyjudgment—likelyto
becomeendangeredintheforeeablefuture,"Kempthornesaid.
Althoughmanyscientistssaythathumanactivityisdirectlyresponsibleforthemeltingaice,
epolicy.
fiesthepolarbearasamarinemammal,whichmeansthatthebear'snew
gofpolarbearsasafood
sourcebycertainnativepeopleandtradeinnativehandicraftsmadefrompolarbearswillalso
r,importingpolarbearproductsfromCanada(wheretrophyhuntingislegal)
willbebanned.
ScottBergenisalandscapeecologistwiththeNewYork-badWildlifeConrvationSocietyand
icalSurveystudiesreleadin2007thatfoundtwo-thirdsof
theworld'therWCSstaffare"almostelated"with
thedecision,hesaid.
"Eventhoughitdoesn'tdirectlyinfluencecarbonemissionssotospeak,wethinkitisadefinite
decisionintherightdirectionandwe'repleadtoetheFishandWildlifeServiceissupporting
thebestscienceonthisspecies,"headded.
Bergenenta-
icehabitatislikelytoremaininareasoutsideoftheU.S.,particularlyinCanadaandGreenland.
Scientistsviewtheareasasrefugesthatcouldallowsomepolarbearpopulationstosurviveover
thelongtermandrepopulatetheArcticiftemperaturesdecreaandaicereturns.
"Ifyoutakealong-termview—meaningahundred-yearviewintothefuture,"hesaid,"polar
bears'existenceisnotnecessarilytotallydependentonwhathappensintheUnitedStates."
Polarbearswereaddedtothelistofthreatenedspeciesandwillreceivespecialprotectionunder
tatement,SecretaryoftheInteriorDirkKempthornenotedthatthedeclineof
Arcticaiceisthegreatestthreattothebears.
Polarbears
alsotravel,mate,iceismeltingastheplanetwarms,
anditispredictedtocontinuetodosoforveralmoredecades.
"Becaupolarbearsarevulnerabletothislossofhabitat,theyare—inmyjudgment—likelyto
becomeendangeredintheforeeablefuture,"Kempthornesaid.
Althoughmanyscientistssaythathumanactivityisdirectlyresponsibleforthemeltingaice,
epolicy.
fiesthepolarbearasamarinemammal,whichmeansthatthebear'snew
gofpolarbearsasafood
sourcebycertainnativepeopleandtradeinnativehandicraftsmadefrompolarbearswillalso
r,importingpolarbearproductsfromCanada(wheretrophyhuntingislegal)
willbebanned.
ScottBergenisalandscapeecologistwiththeNewYork-badWildlifeConrvationSocietyand
icalSurveystudiesreleadin2007thatfoundtwo-thirdsof
theworld'therWCSstaffare"almostelated"with
thedecision,hesaid.
"Eventhoughitdoesn'tdirectlyinfluencecarbonemissionssotospeak,wethinkitisadefinite
decisionintherightdirectionandwe'repleadtoetheFishandWildlifeServiceissupporting
thebestscienceonthisspecies,"headded.
Bergenenta-
icehabitatislikelytoremaininareasoutsideoftheU.S.,particularlyinCanadaandGreenland.
Scientistsviewtheareasasrefugesthatcouldallowsomepolarbearpopulationstosurviveover
thelongtermandrepopulatetheArcticiftemperaturesdecreaandaicereturns.
"Ifyoutakealong-termview—meaningahundred-yearviewintothefuture,"hesaid,"polar
bears'existenceisnotnecessarilytotallydependentonwhathappensintheUnitedStates."
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