Photo credit: Minik Holding & Aviaq S. Holm

Location: Virtual

Date: November 4-7, 2025

Meeting Purpose: The purpose of this Meeting of the Parties is to:

• Provide update on conservation status of polar bears and their habitats throughout their range and in each of the Range States
• Address the final review of the 2015-2025 Circumpolar Action Plan (CAP) as well as decide on future plans of collaborative issues
• Highlight and discuss other key issues of relevance to polar bear conservation as well as financial and administrative issues in the agreement

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted here

Announcements:

• First announcement of the 2025 Polar Bear Range States Meeting of the Parties here

Photo credit: Norway

Location: Virtual

Date: October 30 - November 2, 2023

Meeting Purpose: The purpose of this Meeting of the Parties is to:

• Provide update on conservation status of polar bears and their habitats throughout their range and in each of the Range States
• Provide an update on the collaborative efforts to implement the Circumpolar Action Plan for polar bears as well as decide on future plans in this regard
• Highlight and discuss other key issues of relevance to polar bear conservation as well as financial and administrative issues in the agreement
• Celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears (Agreement)

Agenda and meeting materials are posted here

Announcements:

• First announcement of the 2023 Polar Bear Range States Meeting of the Parties here
  
  
• Call for poster presentations at the 2023 Polar Bear Range States Meeting of the Parties  here  - The poster session has been cancelled
  
  
• Applications for Observer status at the 2023 Polar Bear Range States Meeting of the Parties here

Photo credit: Norway

Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Date: 4-6 March 2020

Meeting Purpose: The Polar Bear Range States met to discuss the progress of the Circumpolar Action Plan, provide updates on domestic management and research and discuss other issues of importance to the cooperation under the Polar Bear Agreement.

All meeting documents are available to download here.

The meeting agenda is available here.

The Meeting Outcome Report with annexes is available here.

Press Release from the meeting is available here. 

Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Date: 2-4 Feb 2018

Meeting Purpose: The Polar Bear Range States met in the winter of 2018 to discuss the progress being made on the Circumpolar Action Plan, provide updates on domestic management and discuss any other necessary items.    

Key documents