Bear Facts
Polar Bears and Conservation
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Conservation Issues Affecting Polar Bears
Long ago, biologist Barry Commoner provided an environmental catechism worth considering: “Everything is connected to everything else.” Damage done to the Arctic ecology puts polar bears at risk, but because everything is connected, the quality of human life could be at risk as well. Ultimately, you survive only because the world's ecosystem survives.
Think of polar bears as an early warning system. If polar bears are poisoned by pollutants in the air or water, if they are over-hunted or pressured by interactions with humans, if their environment is altered by climate change or disturbed by mining and drilling operations, then you and yours may not be safe either.
The polar bear is impacted by the following conservation issues (each separately discussed under its own heading):
Long ago, biologist Barry Commoner provided an environmental catechism worth considering: “Everything is connected to everything else.” Damage done to the Arctic ecology puts polar bears at risk, but because everything is connected, the quality of human life could be at risk as well. Ultimately, you survive only because the world's ecosystem survives.
Think of polar bears as an early warning system. If polar bears are poisoned by pollutants in the air or water, if they are over-hunted or pressured by interactions with humans, if their environment is altered by climate change or disturbed by mining and drilling operations, then you and yours may not be safe either.
The polar bear is impacted by the following conservation issues (each separately discussed under its own heading):