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=<div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The number of bears along the western shore of Hudson Bay, believed to be among the most threatened bear subpopulations, stands at 1,013 and could be even higher, according to the results of an aerial survey released Wednesday by the Government of Nunavut. That’s 66 per cent higher than estimates by other researchers who forecasted the numbers would fall to as low as 610 because of warming temperatures that melt ice faster and ruin bears’ ability to hunt. The Hudson Bay region, which straddles Nunavut and Manitoba, is critical because it’s considered a bellwether for how polar bears are doing elsewhere in the Arctic.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The study shows that “the bear population is not in crisis as people believed,” said<b> Drikus Gissing, Nunavut’s director of wildlife management.</b> “There is no doom and gloom.”</p></div><div>
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</div><div><div id="1864" class="blogPost2 singlePost" style="margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 178, 178); outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; position: relative; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: georgia, times, serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><div id="singleBlogPost" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, ApresTT, Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; overflow: hidden; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A few weeks ago, the director of wildlife for Nunavut, Canada, made an <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/04/04/north-nunavut-polar-bears.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">unexpected declaration</a>, claiming that the number of polar bears (<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ursus maritimus</em>) in the western Hudson Bay region is increasing, </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">even though scientists say the population is declining. Western Hudson Bay is one of <a href="http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/distribution-and-current-trend-of-polar-bear-subpopulations-throughout-the-circumpolar-arctic_1004" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">19 distinct polar bear subpopulations</a>, and <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2010/07/12/polar-rare-the-arctics-apex-predator-could-disappear-from-hudson-bay-in-10-years/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">previous research</a> has suggested that the animals in that region could die out in 25 to 30 years as climate change eliminates the sea ice that they rely on for hunting and breeding.<b> Media outlets such as <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/04/22/biodiversity-bombshell-polar-bears-and-penguins-prospering-but-pity-those-paramecium/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Forbes</a> </em>and the Web sites of various <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/04/05/nunavut-government-study-the-polar-bear-population-is-not-in-crisis-as-people-believed/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">climate change skeptics</a> quickly picked up on the announcement and published headlines such as<a href="http://wizbangblog.com/2012/04/05/polar-bears-hate-al-gore/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">“Polar Bears Hate Al Gore.”</a></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Too bad they all got their facts wrong.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The misinterpretations stem from a new aerial study (<a href="http://www.eswr.com/docs/polarbear/Nunavut-aerial-survey-2011.pdf" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">pdf</a>) of the polar bear population in western Hudson Bay, conducted under the auspices of the Nunavut Department of Environment. The survey, conducted in August 2011, estimated the total population of polar bears in the region to be 1,013 animals, derived from a statistically plausible range of between 717 and 1,430 bears. The actual number of bears observed was 701.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Before this aerial survey, the most recent estimate of polar bears in that region was 935 animals in 2004, down from 1,194 in 1987. The new number, according to the wildlife director, shows that polar bear populations are increasing.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">But here’s the thing: all previous counts of the polar bear population in western Hudson Bay used a different methodology called <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/yuc2/cr/main.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">capture–recapture</a>, in which animals are quite literally captured, studied, marked and released. Later recaptures can then provide a statistical estimate of population size. The differing methodology between the two studies—plus the fact that the aerial surveys were conducted over a slightly different and larger geographical area than the capture–recapture studies—means that the two counts are apples and oranges: They can’t be compared against each other in the hopes of determining a trend.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">And in fact, the aerial study does not compare itself against the earlier capture–recapture surveys, nor does it claim that populations are increasing. Instead, it reads, “This aerial survey-based estimate is not significantly different from the 2004 mark–recapture estimate.” It does point out that the 2004 capture–recapture study predicted the population would fall to 650 by this time, but says it is too early to make any real comparisons. Another capture–recapture survey was apparently also conducted in 2011 and estimates will be released later this year, at which time the report says the two studies can be formally compared.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The aerial survey did come up with one interesting discovery: The western Hudson Bay population has a very low level of young bears, with yearlings (young between one and two years old) representing just 3 percent of the observed animals. According to Steven Amstrup, chief scientist for <a href="http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Polar Bears International</a>, the number of yearlings in a population should be closer to 15 percent. “This is classic population dynamics,” Amstrup says. “If you have declining habitat quality, the first thing you’re going to see impacted is the survival of young.” He points out adult polar bears have energy stores that the young lack, so adults are more likely to survive tough times than are their offspring.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">In addition to the low number of cubs, the report says the average observed litter size was the lowest ever recorded in all three Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulations—western and southern Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin—suggesting that reproductive output in the region “was poor in 2011.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Another interesting element about the report is its reason for existence in the first place. The aerial survey was a response to concerns from the Inuit population that they are seeing more polar bears entering their communities, giving rise to a belief that there are more bears in the region rather than fewer. The report calls this a “disparity” between science and “traditional ecological knowledge.” It says the Inuit have doubts about the accuracy of the previous capture–recapture surveys and have called for new research to reassess the population.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">“Many people in the ground haven’t really believed the estimate derived by the scientists because they are seeing more bears,” Amstrup says. He also says the fact that bears appear where they did not previously roam indicates that the animals’ food system is broken. “They’re going into new territories looking for something to eat.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The lowering of hunting quotas has also caused some ill will in the region. Last year Nunavut raised the quota in western Hudson Bay, where hunting has had both traditional and economic importance, from eight bears to 21, still well below the 56 allowed in 2006. Quotas were lowered based on the projections from the earlier population studies, so any studies that show an increasing population could be used to bring quotas back up.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ultimately, though, Amstrup says the biggest concern is not whether polar bear populations are increasing or decreasing today, but whether or not they will be able to survive into the next century. “If we stay on the path we’re on with greenhouse gases, we’re going to lose them all,” he says.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Polar bears are listed as <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/22823/0" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">vulnerable</a> to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The species is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Canada lists it as a species of <a href="http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/eng/sct1/searchdetail_e.cfm?id=167&StartRow=1&boxStatus=All&boxTaxonomic=All&location=All&change=All&board=4&commonName=&scienceName=&returnFlag=0&Page=1" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">“Special Concern.”</a> Canada is home to two thirds of the world’s polar bears.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Photo: A polar bear in Nunavut by Rich Durant, via </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richdurant/5982059870/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 67, 124); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Flickr</a><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">. Used under Creative Commons license</em></p></div></div><div id="aboutAuthorDiv" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; overflow: hidden; line-height: 21.6000003814697px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: georgia, times, serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">About the Author:</strong> Twice a week, John Platt shines a light on endangered species from all over the globe, exploring not just why they are dying out but also what's being done to rescue them from oblivion.</div><div>
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</div><div>http://climateconferences.heartland.org/mitchell-taylor-iccc2/ talk</div><div>
</div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mitchell Taylor, PhD, is a Canadian biologist specializing in polar bears. Taylor was involved in research and management of polar bears for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Territory since 1987. Dr. Taylor was a member of the Canada’s Federal Provincial Polar Bear Technical Committee until 2008. Dr. Taylor has published over 50 scientific papers on polar bear related topics, has worked in the field on most of the world’s polar bear populations. Most recently he and colleagues completed the Davis Strait population inventory (one of the most southern of all polar bear populations) and is a co-author on Canada’s Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) polar bear draft status report. From 2004 to 2008, he was also manager of the decentralized and relocated Wildlife Research Section.</span></div><div>
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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Mitchell Taylor</b>, Ph.D., is a Canadian<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> biologist specializing in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear" title="Polar bear" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">polar bears</a> who claims that Canada's polar bear population is higher now than it was 30 years ago and that polar bears are not currently threatened by climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph270609_1-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-telegraph270609-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fcpp_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-fcpp-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title=" since September 2014">dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup> He is currently a contract adjunct professor at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehead_University" title="Lakehead University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lakehead University</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.lakeheadu.ca/users/T/mktaylor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">[1]</a>, and he is affiliated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_Institute" title="Heartland Institute" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Heartland Institute</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://heartland.org/mitch-taylor-phd" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">[2]</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Taylor has been involved in research and management of polar bears for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Northwest Territories</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut_Territory" title="Nunavut Territory" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nunavut Territory</a> since 1987. Dr. Taylor was a member of the Canada’s Federal–Provincial–Territorial Polar Bear Technical Committee until his retirement from the Nunavut government in 2008. Dr. Taylor has published over 50 scientific papers on polar-bear-related topics, and he has worked in the field on most of the world's polar bear populations. Most recently, he and colleagues completed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Strait" title="Davis Strait" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Davis Strait</a> population inventory (one of the most southern of all polar bear populations), and he is a coauthor of the 2008 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_the_Status_of_Endangered_Wildlife_in_Canada" title="Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada</a> (COSEWIC) Assessment and Update Status Report for polar bears. From 2004 to 2008, he was also manager of the decentralized and relocated Wildlife Research Section.<sup id="cite_ref-fcpp_2-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-fcpp-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title=" since September 2014">dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></p><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Controversy_about_polar_bears_and_climate_change">Controversy about polar bears and climate change</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchell_Taylor&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Controversy about polar bears and climate change" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change" title="Scientific opinion on climate change" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">scientific opinion on climate change</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_denialism" title="Climate change denialism" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">climate change denialism</a></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One of the most publicized negative </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming" title="Effects of global warming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">effects of climate change</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is the decline of polar bear populations</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">. Taylor believes that "Polar bears, as a species, do not appear to be threatened or in decline based on the data that I’ve seen at the present time, although some populations do seem to be experiencing deleterious effects from climate change."<sup id="cite_ref-fcpp_2-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-fcpp-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span title=" since September 2014">dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Taylor was </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">not invited </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">to the 2009 meeting of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polar_Bear_Specialist_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polar Bear Specialist Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Polar Bear Specialist Group</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (PBSG) in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Copenhagen</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, though he had been a participant in all the previous PBSG meetings from 1981 to 2005.</span><sup id="cite_ref-meetingparticipants_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-meetingparticipants-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">According to Taylor, Dr. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Derocher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrew Derocher (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Andrew Derocher</a>, who was then the chairman of the PBSG, explained that Taylor's rejection had nothing to do with his polar bear expertise: "it was the position you've taken on global warming that brought opposition". Dr. Taylor was allegedly told that his views running "counter to human-induced climate change are extremely unhelpful", and that his</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> signing of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_on_Climate_Change#Manhattan_Declaration" title="International Conference on Climate Change" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Manhattan Declaration</a> was "inconsistent with the position taken by the PBSG".</span><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph270609_1-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-telegraph270609-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">[1</span>]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The PBSG's press release after the meeting stated, "The PBSG renewed the conclusion from previous meetings that the greatest challenge to conservation of polar bears is ecological change in the Arctic resulting from climatic warming."</span><sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease2009_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_note-pressrelease2009-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When asked, Dr. Derocher clarified that, "Dr. Taylor </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">retired </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">from the Nunavut government last year… Involvement with the PBSG is restricted to those active in polar bear research and management and Dr. Taylor no longer fits within our guidelines of involvement… I will also note that our former Chair, Scott Schliebe of the US Fish and Wildlife Service is not attending this meeting. He also retired in 2008 and is no longer active in the field… This meeting is about coordinating ongoing and future research and management. Dr. Taylor is no longer in a position to assist with such issues.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> The PBSG has heard Dr. Taylor’s views on climate warming many times. I would note that Dr. Taylor is not a trained climatologist and his perspectives are not relevant to the discussions and intent of this meeting</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">." </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/07/02/christopher-bookers-misinforma/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E); 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width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:</span><sup style="line-height: 1; font-size: 10.0799999237061px;"><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Taylor#cite_ref-telegraph270609_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><sup style="line-height: 1; font-size: 10.0799999237061px;"><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Booker, Christopher (2009-06-27). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5664069/Polar-bear-expert-barred-by-global-warmists.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"Polar bear expert barred by global warmists"</a>. 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