Objective-5 Key Progress Reports

Final report of CAP Action-7 for the 2018-2020 Implemenation Plan period.

The Action was modified after the Mid-term review in 2020 to the Objective-5 action:

• HBC-IS1: Share information related to strategies for responding to the potential for large numbers of bears stranded on shore near communities and human developments and consider the consequences including those for human safety.

Final report of CAP Action-22 for the 2018-2020 Implementation Plan.

The Action was modified after the Mid-term review to Objective-5 action:

• HBC-A1: Make available to all Range States the Polar Bear-Human Information Management System (PBHIMS); use SMART where possible.
• HBC-IS3: Collaborate and share information on applied research and testing of new deterrent tools (i.e., drones, olfactory, electric fences) on wild and captive bears.

Final report of CAP Action-58 for the 2018-2020 Implementation Plan period.

The Action was modified after the Mid-term review in 2020 to Objective-5 action:

• HBC-A7: Develop, and post to the RS website, core polar bear safety messages for a general audience and more detailed guidelines for specific user groups (e.g., industry, guide-led tourist groups, hunting/subsistence camps, researchers) as needed. One such product is tourism-operator guidelines to be published on the RS website and shared with The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) etc.

Final report for CAP Actions 19 and 20 for the 2018-2020 Implementation Plan period.

Action-20 was modified after the Mid-term review in 2020 to Objective-5 action:

• HBC-IS4: Share BMPs for minimizing the impact of tourism-related activities on polar bears.

Final report of CAP Action-7 for the 2015-2017 Implementation Plan period.

The Action was modified after the Mid-term-review in 2020 to the Objective-5 action HBC-IS1: Share information related to strategies for responding to the potential for large numbers of bears stranded on shore near communities and human developments and consider the consequences including those for human safety.

Final report of CAP Action-22 for the 2015-2017 Implementation Plan period.

The Action was modified after the Mid-term-review in 2020 to the Objective-5 actions:

• HBC-A1: Make available to all Range States the Polar Bear-Human Information Management System (PBHIMS); use SMART where possible.

• HBC-IS3: Collaborate and share information on applied research and testing of new deterrent tools (i.e., drones, olfactory, electric fences) on wild and captive bears.