World Wildlife Fund

Fact Sheets

• Polar Bear Fact Sheet
• Polar Bear Facts and Fallacies
• Effects of Climate Change on Polar Bears
• Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Ecosystems
• Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Vegetation
• Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Migratory Birds
• Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Fish
• Illegal Fishing in Arctic Waters: Catch of Today – Gone Tomorrow?

Arctic Reports, Brochures and Publications

• Conservation Concerns for Cetaceans in the Bering Sea and Adjacent Waters: Offshore Oil Development and other Threats  — This report shows how offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities pose lethal and sublethal impacts to endangered whale populations utilizing the Bristol Bay area.
• Offshore Development in Alaska's Bristol Bay: Wrong for the Right Whale  — This brochure shows how the addition of offshore oil and gas activities greatly compromise the potential for right whale populations to recover from endangerment of extinction.
• Oil & Gas Development in Bristol Bay: High Risk Low Return — For nearly a quarter century, Bristol Bay has been off limits to oil and gas development.
  But protection has been peeled away with the lifting of the Congressional moratorium in 2004 and Presidential Withdrawals in January, 2007. Act now to save Bristol Bay!
• A New Sea: The Need for a Regional Agreement on Management and Conservation of the Arctic Marine Environment (January 2008) — A paper exploring the impending changes in the arctic environment, assessing the development pressures that may be building in the region, and discussing the need for new cooperative management measures to assure that arctic wildlife and natural resources can be protected and that future development of the region can be sustainable.
• Oil Spill Response Challenges in Arctic Waters (October 2007) — This report considers how typical conditions may contribute to an arctic marine
  response gap, and recommends a more formal analysis to quantify this gap for Arctic regional seas.
• Creating a New Future for the Arctic (2007)  — Highlights from the WWF Arctic Program, a new international partnership launched in 2007 that taps the enormous resources of the WWF network together with business and industry, scientific and research institutions, and government agencies.
• Ecoregion-Based Conservation in the Bering Sea (March 1999) — WWF and the Nature Conservancy’s Alaska Field Office joined in a conservation initiative to evaluate the Bering Sea for habitat conservation. This document outlines the results of the first part of that initiative - a workshop co-sponsored by WWF and TNC in Girdwood, Alaska, March 20-23, 1999. 
• Bering Sea Ecoregion: a Call to Action in Marine Conservation — An overview of the Bering Sea ecoregion, the environmental changes and human activities threatening its health, and proposals aimed at conserving biodiversity in this vital part of our world.
• Trading Tails: Linkages Between Russian Salmon Fisheries and East Asian Markets (2007) — This study compares the total quantity of Russian salmon in these markets to catch estimates from the Russian Federation.
• Stop Rats! — Brochure about rats as invasive species.
• Russian Seabird Bycatch Report (2006) — Summarizing the results of the WWF project on reduction of incidental bycatch of seabirds in Russian demersal long-line fishing in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.
• The Bering Sea and Kamchatka — Protecting Arctic Environments - A Call to Action!
• The Pribilof Islands: St. George, St. Paul, Otter, & Walrus Islands, and Sea Lion Rock — Describing an essential refuge for extraordinary numbers of marine mammals, seabirds, fishes, and other marine life.
• Russia's Commander Islands Nature Reserve: Islands of Biodiversity in the Bering Sea — An in-depth look at the biodiversity of Russia's Commandeer Islands.
• Wrangel Island: Russian Stronghold for Beringian Biodiversity — An in-depth look at the biodiversity of Russian's Wrangel Island.

Newsletters and Bulletins

• Arctic Bulletin - No. 2.08
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Winter 2007-2008
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Winter 2006-2007
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Winter 2005-2006
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Winter 2004-Spring 2005
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Winter 2003
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Summer-Fall 2002
• WWF Bering Sea Newsletters Summer-Fall 2001

Community Science

• Coastal Communities For Science: Hooper Bay
• Coastal Communities For Science: St. George Island
• Unalakleet Coastal Communities for Science

Testimonies and Comments

• WWF Comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Polar Bear 4(d) Ruling of the Endangered Species Act (July 14, 2008)
• Testimony of Thomas Dillon before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife And Oceans Committee on Natural Resources H.R. 4455 (June 24, 2008)
• Testimony of WWF's Margaret Williams, Managing Director, Kamchatka/Bering Sea Ecoregion Program before the Committee on the Environment and Public Works U.S. Senate on Examining Threats and Protections for the Polar Bear. (January 30, 2008)
• Testimony of WWF's David Sandalow on Shipping Safety Post Sinking of the Tanker Prestige (January 9, 2003)

Letters

• North Aleutian Basin, Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 214, Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement(April 8, 2008)
• Letter from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer requesting immediate listing of the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (February 1, 2008)
• WWF continues to push for a decision to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act (January 19, 2008)
• Letter to Rosa Meehan, Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the recently published U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports which present a comprehensive analysis of the world's polar bear population status and threats (October 22, 2007)
• Letter to Representative Inslee on Bristol Bay Protection Act (HR 1957) (April 25, 2007)
• Letter to the Minerals Management Service Opposing Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (November 24, 2006)
• Letter to Scott Schliebe, Polar Bear Project Leader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the recent determination by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that formal listing and protection of the polar bear under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be warranted. (April 10, 2006)
• A 1965 letter to Rosa Meehan, Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the recently published U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports which present a comprehensive analysis of the world's polar bear population status and threats.(July 8, 1965)

Related Climate Change Publications

• Arctic Climate Impact Science Report (April 2008)
  An update since ACIA. Climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than previously thought, according to a new study by WWF.
• Breaking Climate Records 2007 (December 2007)
  The overview shows record lows for sea ice cover in the Arctic, some of the worst forest fires ever seen and record floods.
• Your Climate, Your Future (September 2007)
  The WWF Climate Change Team has also developed a comprehensive educational curriculum that will elevate students' knowledge of the issue and spur dialogue about what each of us can do to make a difference.
• Defending Nature Against Climate Change (June 2007)
• Making Energy-Efficiency Happen: From Potential to Reality (May 2007)
  By 2020, we can achieve at least a 20 percent energy-efficiency improvement worldwide. WWF's May 2007 report outlines what the governments of the G8 plus 5 countries can do to save energy and reduce climate change - while promoting their energy security with sustainable economic growth.
• Climate Solutions: WWF's Vision for 2050 (May 2007)
  This WWF report seeks to answer the question: "Is it technically possible to meet the growing global demand for energy by using clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies that will protect the global climate?"
• Whales in Hot Water - The Impact of a Changing Climate on Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (May 2007)
  The report — Whales in hot water? — highlights the growing impacts of climate change on cetaceans. They range from changes in sea temperature and the freshening of the seawater because of melting ice and increased rainfalls, to sea level rise, loss of icy polar habitats and the decline of krill populations in key areas.
• Going, Going, Gone! Climate Change & Global Glacier Decline(November 2003)
  This documents how global warming is melting glaciers in every region of the world, putting millions of people at risk from floods, droughts and lack of drinking water.