Conservation issues related to bear species decline

Habitat loss
Wildlife trafficking and trade
Salmon Declines
Climate Change

Ethical issues related to bear species decline
Trophy hunting
Bear baiting
Bile farming
Den hunting
Nuisance killings

The Freedom to Roam project is extraordinary. It is a coalition of business, government, and conservation groups working together to conserve wildlife corridors across North America. Learn more.

Mending the Web of Life: Chinese Medicine and Species Conservation is a book for anyone interested in endangered animals and plants used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Six of the eight bear species live in Asia, making this region critical to bear conservation. Download the pdf to learn how understanding Asian bears can secure their future.

Trafficking bears and their parts for use in traditional Asian medicine is decimating wild populations of bears.

Unless urgent reforms are introduced quickly, many species face an irreversible fate: extinction. There are over 50 herbal alternatives to bear bile for use in TCM. Download the WSPA pamphlet Herbal Alternatives to Bear Bile.

The Wild Salmon Center monitors and reports on issues related to wild salmon and the grizzlies and other large predators that rely on them for survival.

Guillaume Chapron manages up-to-date and rigorous information on his carnivore conservation website.

Within these eco portals are key people and organizations that are working to heal Mother Earth.

Smithsonian Zoogoer has great stories about bears and their wild relations.

The natural environment provides the basic conditions without which humanity could not survive. The Convention on Biological Diversity promotes nature and well-being.

Download the Educator's Guide to Biodiversity and engage in dialogue about teaching youth about our wondrous Mother Earth.

The IUCN Red List is a key conservation tool. Download the pdf to learn more.

"The longer we wait, the more expensive it will be to prevent future extinctions," says Dr Jane Smart, Head of IUCN's Species Programme. "We now know what species are threatened, what the threats are and where we have no more excuses to watch from the sidelines." Learn more about bears on the IUCN Red List of Threatened and Endangered Species.

Hunted for sport, shot for their fur, killed for their gall bladders, farmed for their bile, used as 'dancing bears' and used in circuses ... their habitat is being destroyed. They need our protection. ~ WSPA
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