SCIF Represents Sustainable Use Community at Forum

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Washington, DC – (AmmoLand.com) Joseph Hosmer, President, Safari Club International Foundation (SCI Foundation), announced today that SCI Foundation will represent the sustainable use community in a bilateral Polar Bear Stakeholder Forum at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia. Both the U.S. and Canadian government will be present as well as representatives from non-governmental organizations such as World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Humane Society (HSUS) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The forum seeks to foster a collaborative and cooperative discussion on the future of polar bear management. Canada and the U.S. government will explain their polar bear management frameworks and review the latest polar bear science. Attending conservation organizations will offer a wide range of views on issues such as the status of the polar bear, harvest, and the importance of the polar bear to aboriginals.

“This forum is a fantastic opportunity for Canada to explain how their management of polar bears is science-based and the approved harvest for local subsistence communities is sustainable,” SCI Foundation’s Deputy Director of Conservation, Matt Eckert said. “Polar bears are strongly valued by Inuit and First Nations peoples, who rely on polar bears as a part of …read more

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