Polar bear management, sport hunting and Inuit subsistence at Clyde River, Nunavut

This paper begins by reviewing the structure and evolution of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) management in Canada and in the Territory of Nunavut since the inception of the Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears in the 1970s. This is followed by the paper's main focus, the examination of th...

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Main Author: Wenzel, George W.
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308-597X(10)00207-1
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Summary:This paper begins by reviewing the structure and evolution of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) management in Canada and in the Territory of Nunavut since the inception of the Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears in the 1970s. This is followed by the paper's main focus, the examination of the socio-economic and cultural importance of polar bears for Inuit and the success of the Agreement in supporting contemporary Inuit subsistence relations in Nunavut. Polar bear Inuit Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears Subsistence Socio-economic relations Nunavut