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 t...

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Published inMarine policy Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 457 - 465
Main Author Wenzel, George W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2011
Elsevier
SeriesMarine Policy
Subjects
Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears
Animals
Canada
Conservation
Cultural factors
Environmental management
Evolution
Freshwater
Hunting
Inuit
Management
Marine
Nature conservation
Nunavut
Polar bear
Polar bear Inuit Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears Subsistence Socio-economic relations Nunavut
Polar bears
Policies
Rivers
Social ecology
Socio-economic relations
Sports
Subsistence
Subsistence economy
Wildlife protection
Polar bear
Nunavut
Inuit
Socio-economic relations
Subsistence
Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears
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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.
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ISSN:0308-597X
1872-9460
DOI:10.1016/j.marpol.2010.10.020