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MEET THE BIOLOGISTS WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO SAVING THEIR CHOSEN BEAR SPECIES

BROWN BEAR

Chris Morgan in an ecologist specializing in international bear research and conservation. He has studied the brown bear for over 20 years, traveling across the world to document and support their role in the envionment.

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SPECTACLED BEAR

Robyn Appleton conducted the first-ever observation study of wild spectacled bears. The founder and research director of Spectacle Bear Conservation Society Peru, she presents her findings around the world to raise awareness of their plight.

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POLAR BEAR

A biolgist for Environment Canada, Nick Lunn devotes his career to studying the polar bear. In Churchill, Manitoba in the spring and fall of each year, he conducts his research on the causes of their endangered population status.

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SUN BEAR

Wong Siew Te's research of the smallest bear species in the Borneo rainforest is pioneering and has taken him to the most threatened wildlife habitat on earth, where he founded the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center.

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SEE HOW EACH OF THE RARE BEAR SPECIES IS GIVEN A CHANCE TO THRIVE

BROWN BEAR

At a population level of 200,000, the Brown bear is the least threatened out of all the bear species. They are a keystone species in that they help dpread nutrients from what they consume in their habitat, helping flora and fauna to flourish. Brown bears occupy a greater diversity of habitats than any other species of bear, and exploit a large variety of food items.

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SPECTACLED BEAR

The spectacled bear is named for the light colored rings around its eyes. They are the only bear species native to South America, where they do not hibernate due to the year-round temperate weather. They eat mostly plants, living in the mountains at elevations up to 4,750 meters. They are endangered due to human settlements which isolate them in dry forest habitat.

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POLAR BEAR

The Polar bear's habitat is unquestionably impacted by climate change. The time they spend away from the Arctic sea ice becomes longer and longer year after year, lasting on average for four months. Global warming delays the formation of ice, impacting their ability to hunt ringed seals - their primary winter food source.

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SUN BEAR

The Sun bear is the smallest bear species in the world. Found in the tropical forests of South East Asia, the Sun bear is surrounded by rich flora and fauna. But deforestation for palm oil and timber stock is exponentially destroying their habitat . Coupled with an active illegal trade in wild bears and their parts, the Sun bear is the fastest diminishing bear species.

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DISCOVER THE TERRAIN WHERE EACH OF THE BEAR SPECIES PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE ENVIRONMENT

BROWN BEAR

The Brown bear covers a wide range of habitats from dry steppes to shrublands and temperate rainforests. In the Alaskan Peninsula, the Brown bear is in an ideal surrounding of wilderness and abundance.

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SPECTACLED BEAR

In the dry forests of coastal northern Peru, the desert-like high altitude landscape is tough on the Spectacled bear, pushing it to find seek the more humid forests. far up the mountains.

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POLAR BEAR

Churchill - "the Polar Bear Capital of the World" - is located on the shore of Hudson Bay in Canada. In summer, the Polar bears return to the shore where they wait for the sea ice to form and for winter hunting to begin.

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SUN BEAR

The tropical forests of Borneo are profoundly rich in a biodiverse array of plant and animal species, but they are rapidly being replaced by palm oil plantations, dramatically reducing suitable habitat for Sun bears.

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