International Wildlife Law
International Wildlife Law

Author: Simon Lyster

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985-04-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780521463348

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This is the first major description of the international law protecting wildlife, covering the International Conventions on, among other matters: whaling; wetlands; protection of cultural and natural heritage; international trade in endangered species; Antarctic marine living resources.

Polar Bears
Polar Bears

Author: IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group. Working Meeting Oslo, Norway)

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9782831704593

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In addition to agenda and minutes of meeting, this contains: summary of Ursus maritimus population status; evaluation of polar bear in relation to 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals; resolutions; press release; national reports on research in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia, and Alaska.

The Polar Bear
The Polar Bear

Author: Jenni Desmond

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592702008

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A gorgeously illustrated nonfiction book about the polar bear, this is a factually accurate as well as a poetic exploration of polar bear bodies, habits, and habitats. Working in a painterly, expressive way, Jenni Desmond creates landscapes and creatures that are marked by atmosphere and emotion, telling a story about bears that engages the reader's interest in amazing facts as well as their deep sense of wonder. A graduate of the renowned MA program in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art (ARU), Jenni Desmond works from her studio in London, UK. This, her second book for Enchanted Lion, will be followed by one about elephants.

Polar Bears
Polar Bears

Author: IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group. Working Meeting

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9782831709598

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These proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar arctic. Together with the previous 13 proceedings, they provide an historic record of international efforts in protecting, studying and managing polar bears. With recent documentation of how warmer arctic climate might affect the sea ice habitat of polar bears, the predictions of even warmer climate in the next decades, and documentation of effects on polar bears subpopulations, an evaluation of the red list status of polar bear subpopulations was followed by an increased conservation designation of vulnerable. In the complexity of possible interactions between climate change, local harvest, and in some areas high levels of pollutants, an increased level of international cooperation was advocated.

International Marine Mammal Law
International Marine Mammal Law

Author: Nikolas Sellheim

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-28

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 3030352684

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International Marine Mammal Law is a comprehensive, introductory volume on the legal regimes governing the conservation and utilisation of marine mammals. Written as a textbook, it provides basic overviews of international conservation law, which enable the reader to understand the greater implications of governance of a specific group of species. Paired with biological information on some marine mammal species, the international regimes for whales, seals and polar bears are explored — either as part of global regimes of international environmental governance or as regimes that were specifically designed for them. The book concludes with outlooks on the future of international marine mammal law, particularly in light of Japan’s withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in July 2019.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report

Author: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-11-07

Total Pages: 1053

ISBN-13: 0521865093

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The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social, and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was prepared by an international team of over 300 scientists, experts, and knowledgeable members of indigenous communities. The report has been thoroughly researched, is fully referenced, and provides the first comprehensive evaluation of arctic climate change, changes in ultraviolet radiation and their impacts for the region and for the world. It is illustrated in full color throughout. The results provided the scientific foundations for the ACIA synthesis report - Impacts of a Warming Arctic - published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.