Tromsoe, Norway (AFP) March 20, 2009 – Hunting polar bears has been banned since 1973 but the Arctic’s indigenous peoples are exempt out of respect for their ancestral traditions, despite scientists’ objections over how the quotas are …
March 24, 2009
Arctic's indigenous peoples cling to polar bear hunt
Tromsoe, Norway (AFP) March 20, 2009 – Hunting polar bears has been banned since 1973 but the Arctic’s indigenous peoples are exempt out of respect for their ancestral traditions, despite scientists’ objections over how the quotas are …
March 21, 2009
Arctic indigenous people cling to polar bear hunt
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes TROMSOE, Norway (AFP) — Hunting polar bears has been banned since 1973 but the Arctic’s indigenous peoples are exempt out of respect for their ancestral traditions, despite scientists’ objections over how the …
March 20, 2009
Global warming greatest threat to polar bears: Arctic states
Tromsoe, Norway (AFP) March 19, 2009 – The five countries that ring the Arctic on Thursday declared climate change the single greatest threat to polar bears, calling for urgent action to curb global warming.
March 19, 2009
Global warming leaving its mark on polar bears
Tromsoe, Norway (AFP) March 19, 2009 – Potentially fatal to the polar bear, global warming has already left its mark on the species with smaller, less robust bears that are increasingly showing cannibalistic tendencies.