The International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) is a non-profit tax-exempt organization open to professional biologists, wildlife managers and others dedicated to the conservation of all bear species. The organization has ~500 members from over 45 countries. We support the scientific management of bears through research, on-the-ground conservation, and distribution of scientific information. The world's eight bear species pose significant research, conservation, and management challenges to governments, local authorities, wildlife biologists, conservationists, land managers, park personnel, tribal councils, indigenous communities, and private land owners. Encroaching civilization, through land-use conflicts and resource utilization by human beings, has resulted in the decline or disappearance of bear habitat and bear populations in portions of their ranges. Continued viability of populations, and the possible restoration of bears in certain areas, will be largely contingent upon a cooperative approach towards research, management, conservation, land use, and education, and will increase in cost as land values escalate. The IBA, an association primarily of professional biologists with an interest in bears, aims to address these challenges. The IBA publishes the peer-reviewed scientific journal Ursus, an international newsletter, and sponsors international conferences on all aspects of bear biology, ecology, and management.
Donations to IBA support all our programs, including competitive grant programs so our members can carry out the frontline work to help bears worldwide.
www.bearbiology.org/donate/
In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable are collectively described as ‘Threatened’. Six of the 8 bear species are listed as "Vulnerable", which is when the best available evidence indicates a species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild: Andean bear, giant panda, sloth bear, sun bear, Asiatic black bear, and polar bear.
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