Canada’s polar bear protection is getting good marks from an international conservation group, but the World Wildlife Fund says the country could better protect important habitat and minimize threats to the iconic predators. “They did not do a good job of bringing it up to the next level.”And one of the country’s leading polar bear experts said Canada needs to do much better than the rating suggests. The group issued the scorecard for all five nations with bear populations. They were graded on how well they’ve fulfilled promises made two years ago as part of a 10-year plan to protect polar bears. He said Canada needs to conduct more research in the High Arctic, the so-called Last Ice Area.

Source: National Post January 30, 2018 18:33 UTC