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… manatees and seacows) and the Carnivoria (sea otters and polar bears and the species belonging to the Pinnipedia … the management and conservation of whales in a broader ecosystem context has, among other things, led to several … agenda of the IWC and place whaling in a broader ecosystem context. In 2001, the IWC recognized the importance …

… and restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. In view of the different contributions to global … take appropriate action to protect the ecosystems of which polar bears are a part, with special attention to habitat … and feeding sites and migration patterns, and shall manage polar bear populations in accordance with sound conservation …

… could be surprisingly complex as, for example, the role of polar stratospheric clouds in accelerating the catalytic … JOHNSON © S H U TT ER ST O CK The chief threat to the polar bear is the loss of its sea ice habitat due to global … beginning of the third millennium. First, the global human ecosystem is threatened by grave imbalances in productivity …