Article: Climate Change a Threat to Polar Bears - Norway to Host International Meeting Under the Polar Bear Agreement.

Article: New Species Enters Debate on Arctic Oil; Polar Bear ...
The Washington Post;  October 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... sought yesterday to link the polar bear accord to the Kyoto global ... Pfeifle noted that nothing in the polar bear agreement specifically prohibits oil exploration ... U.S. compliance with the Polar Bear Agreement." It also said that any change ...

Article: POLAR BEAR TREATY LEGISLATION SENT TO PRESIDENT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 9, 2006 ;     540 words ... ... conservation and management of the Alaska-Chukotka polar bear population ("Polar Bear Agreement"), was introduced by Senate Commerce Committee ... adding provisions to implement and enforce the Polar Bear Agreement. It prohibits the possession, import ...

Transcript: POLAR BEAR TREATY BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND ...
Congressional Testimony;  November 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Implementation of this bilateral Polar Bear Agreement will represent a major step ... population. The purpose of the Polar Bear Agreement is to ensure the long-term ... this from happening. The Polar Bear Agreement calls for the development ...

Article: Babbitt Orders Additional Polar Bear Habitat ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 16, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... nations are signatory to the Polar Bear Agreement: the United States, Canada ... patterns." At the time the Polar Bear Agreement was ratified by the Senate ... strictly protected under the Polar Bear Agreement. Denning female polar bears ...

Article: War and the Polar Bear
The Washington Post;  November 9, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... continent because of a . . . polar bear treaty: "New Species Enters Debate on Arctic Oil; Polar Bear Agreement Cited by Drilling Foes." Now ... Department stoutly maintains that the polar bear agreement does not prohibit oil exploration ...

Article: WWF-Canada: Countries at Polar Bear Meeting Keep ...
Canadian Corporate News;  March 17, 2009 ;     659 words ... ... shared with the world, says Geoff York, polar bear coordinator for WWF. The Norwegian Environment ... polar bears, and their obligations under the polar bear agreement to take action to protect polar bear habitat. WWF came to the meeting prepared ...

Article: WWF-Canada: Polar Bear States Obliged to Take ...
Canadian Corporate News;  March 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... regions for over 30 years and its polar bear work is led by experts in the ... responsibilities of these nations under the polar bear agreement, emphasizes York. WWF expects the representatives of these five polar bear nations to formally call for urgent ...