Polar bears creaking under the strain

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Toronto, Canada - Eight of the 13 Canadian polar bear sub-populations are either depleted or showing significant signs of stress, and future reduction of sea-ice in the Arctic could result in a loss of two-thirds of the world's polar bears within 50 years. These facts form the backdrop to Friday’s federal Environment Minister’s National Roundtable on Polar Bears which presents a critical opportunity to ensure that Canada implements strong new measures to protect polar bears for their long-term survival.

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[goispro]

I would like to know exactly what steps the Canadian Govt. are thinking of taking to protect the bears - I would have thought they were too far down the road now to be able effect anything of significance - but perhaps I'm just a doom-monger....

[slazanger]

Since moving to canada in June ive not heard/seen/read a single thing in the canadian press about climate change... :/