The results of three recently-released studies that were not included in the last IUCN Red List assessment add more than 2,050 bears (on average)1 to the official 2015 global polar bear estimate, a point you won't likely hear next Monday (27 February) from most polar bear specialists, conservation organizations, their cheerleaders and corporate sponsors on… But global warming puts polar bears in a dangerous situation. To this day, these researchers and others continue to make such claims and falsely suggest that population numbers have remained at depleted levels since 2010. This is exciting news — and a huge accomplishment — but the US Fish and Wildlife Service … As Polar Bear Numbers Increase, GWPF Calls For Re-assessment Of Endangered Species Status. The Chukchi Sea finally has a polar bear population estimate! In 1950, the polar bear population was about 5,200, with gaps in Russia and such. About 60% live within or are shared by Canada. Comments Off on State of the Polar Bear Report 2019: Are polar bear researchers hiding good news? Date: 27/02/17; Global Warming Policy Foundation ; On the occasion of International Polar Bear Day, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is calling on the U.S. Administration to re-assess the ‘endangered species’ status of polar bears. Chukchi Sea polar bears number almost 3000 according to new survey results. Polar bear science has come a long way since then. As of 2019, the WWF reports that "most of the world's 19 populations [of polar bears] have returned to healthy numbers." Tagged cub survival, deadly encounters, good news, International Polar Bear Day, invasions, polar bear, population counts, population size, report, sea ice, weights, western hudson bay Back then, the best we had over most of the polar bear's range were uneducated guesses. This entire matter was a fraud from start to finish. Polar bear numbers are increasing. In fact, though polar bears were placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act in 2008 over concerns that its Arctic hunting grounds were being reduced by a warming climate, the polar bear population has been stable for the last three decades. Polar bear assessment bring good and troubling news. Summary of polar bear population status per 2019 The present table has been developed during 2019, based on new criteria for status assessments . In 2010 the population was 25,800 thousand with gaps in Russia and such. In October 2019, the Polar Bear Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a new assessment of polar bears. The findings reveal the most up-to-date information for polar bear populations. The fact is that in the 1960s we had no idea how many polar bears there were. As of 2019, the WWF reports that "most of the world's 19 populations [of polar bears] have returned to healthy numbers." That said, conservationists' efforts have been somewhat successful. Crockford’s book, “The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened,” argues that, in contrast to the dire predictions made by experts over a decade ago, polar bears are thriving.In fact, she argues polar populations may have quadrupled since the 1960s from roughly 10,000 to 40,000. Posted in Conservation Status, Population, Sea ice habitat. Polar bear hunting is still legal in Canada and other places, but U.S. citizens can no longer import bears if they hunt them. Her books include “The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened,” published in February, in which she said the bears are not threatened. Current estimates show: Before the law was passed banning the importation of polar bears I was communicating with a hunting guide living in northern Alaska. In 1984, the polar bear population was estimated at 25,000. Trend Report -- Polar Bear Populations (2019) Polar bears live in 19 populations across the Arctic. Forty percent. The news comes from a new study linking the dramatic decline in this polar bear subpopulation in northeast Alaska and Canada to a loss of sea ice due to climate change. As soon as Scandinavia, Canada, Denmark and the USA outlawed hunting in the mid-1950s, the population rebounded to and beyond its historical levels. While polar bear numbers are increasing in two of these populations, two others are definitely in decline. Polar bears are also found in the U.S. (Alaska), Russia, Greenland, and Norway (Svalbard). While polar bear numbers are increasing in two of these populations, two others are definitely in decline. During the years that polar bears were imported under this authority, over $900,000 was collected for polar bear research and conservation. This status table will be updated whenever there are new information available that is considered credible and valid by … Polar bear researchers in 2007 blamed the documented starvation and poor survival of bears in 2004-2006 on summer sea ice loss caused by global warming. That’s the stunning population loss for polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea. By Dag Vongraven 20 September 2019 (PBSG) – At the last meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) in Anchorage in 2016, the group agreed that there was a need for new and documented criteria for the assessment of status and trends of polar bear populations. “Almost everywhere polar bears come into contact with people, they are much more common than they used to be. According to survey results from 2016 only recently made public, about 2937 bears (1522-5944) currently inhabit the region, making this the largest subpopulation in the Arctic.