Published in the Business section (Financial Post “Comments”) of the National Post this morning:
![Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images [NP story]](https://i0.wp.com/polarbearscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0115polarbear_np-story.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images [from original NP essay]
“Faux polar bear figures” [not my choice of title, by the way]
In which I conclude:
“We admire polar bear biologists for their professional dedication to this iconic species, and rightly so. However, while it’s understandable that polar bear biologists are conservation-minded, the public and policy makers need them to be scientists first and advocates for polar bear protection second. Polar bears are currently doing well – data shenanigans to keep them classified as “threatened” undermine the whole point of doing science.”
I have written extensively about the Southern Beaufort issue — below are links to some of these, which have links to the rest. References are included in these individual posts. Contact me if there is a reference you cannot find: Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Population, Summary
Tagged Amstrup, Bromaghin, essay, IUCN, IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group, models, National Post, opinion, polar bear, population estimate, ringed seals, Southern Beaufort, spring sea ice, starving, Stirling, survey, threatened, USGS
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