Protection of polar bears on the Pechora and Kara seacoasts
Over the past two years, ice cover-reduction has led to a sharp increase in polar bears’ visit to the coastal settlement in the region between Pechora and Kara Seas. This spring-summer migration trend has resulted in two rising problems—an increase in polar bear poaching and human-polar bear conflicts.
Part of WWF-Russia’s Project Bear Patrol is the development of a two-level system aimed at preventing and mitigating the consequences of human-polar bear conflicts, thereby reducing and eliminating polar bear poaching in the region, as well as enhancing community participation and involvement in polar bear conservation and study.