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16.12.2011

Hunters obliged to collect samples from polar bears

After January 1. all hunters in Greenland are obliged by decision of the Minister for Fisheries,...

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20.01.2011

New book about polar bears and Inuit hunter’s knowledge in Northwest Greenland

The results of an interview survey made by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources on the...

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23.02.2010

Request from GINR: Do not shoot polar bears wearing satellite transmitters

A polar bear wearing a satellite transmitter was shot in Upernavik in February. The polar bear was...

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03.07.2009

15th Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group

The 15th meeting of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG), hosted by the Greenland Institute...

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29.06.2009

Status of polar bears to be evaluated

Polar bear experts from all over the world have been invited by Greenland to meet at the Greenland...

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26.04.2008

New book: The White Bears of Greenland

This young bear - it attacked me. I fought with it. We were on very thin ice.' A quote from...

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