State of the Polar Bear 2023: W. Hudson Bay polar bear numbers have not declined since 2004
Posted on February 27, 2024 | Comments Offon State of the Polar Bear 2023: W. Hudson Bay polar bear numbers have not declined since 2004
In my State of the Polar Bear 2023 report for the Global Warming Policy Foundation, I discuss recent news relevant to polar bear conservation and science issues. The most startling of these is the revelation that Western Hudson Bay polar bear numbers have not declined since 2004.
Press release (27 February 2024), Global Warming Policy Foundation
50 years after hunting ban polar bears are thriving, new report shows
London, 27 February: 2023 marked 50 years of international cooperation to protect polar bears across the Arctic. Those efforts have been a conservation success story: from a population estimated at about 12,000 bears in the late 1960s, numbers have almost tripled, to just over 32,000 in 2023.
Despite this dramatic increase in polar bear populations, claims that their numbers are falling due to climate change still dominate most media coverage.
Since 2004 we have been told that polar bear numbers in Western Hudson Bay have been steadily declining, but a new study made public in 2023 reveals that this isn’t actually true. In the State of the Polar Bear Report 2023, published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) on International Polar Bear Day, zoologist Dr. Susan Crockford provides the details on this explosive news.
https://polarbearscience.com/2024/02/27/state-of-the-polar-bear-2023-w-hudson-bay-polar-bear-numbers-have-not-declined-since-2004/
