ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Wildlife Management, Persistent Organic Pollutant, Invasive Species
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Arctic is warming up at 2x the rate of other places because of . Mammal species (polar bears [60% in ca south], wolves, caribou are largest) 534: # of polar bears killed by hunters annually in ca. 1. 3 million: value of sport hunting polar bears in nwt and nunavut. Not endangered in canada, they sell them after. Manitoba conservation officials have a polar bear jail to deal with roving bears that refuse to stay out of town = in churchill. Prevent human injury and avoid having to kill them. Go to jail for 30 days (drink water only) - after they are sent in helicopters to the wild. Migratory birds (a lot depend on the arctic in winter) The arctic does have summer - there is moss/plants/grants. Invasive species (especially plant life - getting warmer so more plants can live there and researchers who bring organic material there [from shoes]) Co-management of land and resources with inuit and non-inuit.
