Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)

Compendium of Existing Guidelines for the use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Decision Making

Product of the Range States to the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Prepared by: the Range States Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Working Group, November 7, 2018

Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Acquisition and Assessment Schedule for Polar Bear Subpopulations Across the Circumpolar Arctic - March 8, 2024

Compendium of Existing Guidelines for the use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Decision Making

Product of the Range States to the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Prepared by: the Range States Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Working Group, March 8 2024

A Canadian Inuit review and synthesis of documented Inuit knowledge related to the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation.

Summary - A Canadian Inuit review and synthesis of documented Inuit knowledge related to the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation

Compendium of Existing Guidelines for the use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Decision Making

Product of the Range States to the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Prepared by: the Range States Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) Working Group, June 2, 2025

Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Acquisition and Assessment Schedule for Polar Bear Subpopulations Across the Circumpolar Arctic - June 2, 2025

A visual summary of how partners will bridge Indigenous knowledge and science into the IPM to estimate polar bear abundance.

At the recommendation of the Inuvialuit and Iñupiat Joint Commission for Polar Bears, Inuvialuit and Iñupiat knowledge is being bridged with western science in an integrated population model for polar bears.
This is a new approach. It means that what people see and experience on the land has the opportunity to directly affect the statistical model and abundance estimate.

This infographic was provided with permission of the authors to support the ITEK WG workplan on Inclusion of Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in the Polar Bear Range States (PBRS), and is associated with action ITEK-3 - Prepare an ITEK knowledge synthesis on recent ITEK research.

A summary of the 2022 Inuvialuit knowledge gathering workshop held in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Visual infographic from a worksop held in Inuvik in 2022. Representatives from each Hunters and Trappers Committee attended the workshop and shared their community’s knowledge about polar bears and what changes have been observed over the past ten years.

This infographic was was provided with permission of the authors to support the ITEK WG workplan on Inclusion of Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in the Polar Bear Range States (PBRS), and is associated with action ITEK-3 - Prepare an ITEK knowledge synthesis on recent ITEK research.