Canada Takes Another Major Step Forward on Polar Bear Conservation

Reported by marketwire on Friday, 30 October 2009 (on October 30, 2009)

KANGERLUUSUAQ, GREENLAND--(Marketwire - Oct. 30, 2009) - Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, Nunavut's Minister of the Environment, Daniel Shewchuk, and Greenland's Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture, Ane Hansen, today announced the signing of an agreement between the governments of Canada, Nunavut, and Greenland to ensure the protection of shared polar bear populations.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) proposes the creation of a Canada - Greenland joint commission that would recommend a combined total allowable harvest, and a fair division of the shared harvest. The joint commission, which includes representatives from Canadian Inuit organizations Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and the Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board, would also be used to coordinate science, traditional knowledge, management and outreach activities.

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