OTTAWA, ON -- August 22, 2008 -- Canada's Environment Minister John Baird, and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Acting President, James Eetoolook, today announced the establishment of three new National Wildlife Areas on and around Baffin Island, protecting local species and habitat including the bowhead whale. The Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement for National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Nunavut Settlement Area, was negotiated between the Government of Canada, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., three Regional Inuit Associations and the Nangmautaq Hunters and Trappers organization. The agreement allows for the creation of three new National Wildlife Areas on and around Baffin Island to protect local species and habitat. Under the agreement, Canada's Government is committing $8.3 million. "Prime Minister Harper and ... continue reading.

The Coalition was established as a partnership between a number of agencies located in Iqaluit with a mandate or interest in wildlife management in Nunavut. This partnership has expanded over the years and now includes 6 locations: the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, the Department of Environment (Government of Nunavut), Nunavut Research Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Government of Canada), Canadian Wildlife Service (Government of Canada), and Department of Economic Development and Transportation (Government of Nunavut). The collection of resource material in each agency's library/resource centre is catalogued into a common database, which currently holds over 7,000 records. The collections focus on Nunavut and Arctic regions; the main subject areas are wildlife research and management, fisheries research and management, environmental ... continue reading.

Caribou have been a crucial food source for Canada's northern indigenous people from time immemorial. But their population is dwindling at an alarming rate, in no small part because of improved hunting equipment — including snowmobiles — as well as exploration work for oil and gas reserves and arctic diamond mines. And now, the slow, relentless escalation of global warming is taking its toll. It is global warming that is threatening a caribou herd known as the Peary caribou, which inhabit the islands of the High Arctic at the southern end of Ellesmere Island. Continue reading the article from the CBC.... ... continue reading.

Nunavut will hunt fewer polar bears this year COLIN CAMPBELL | October 29, 2007 | COLIN CAMPBELL--> Late last month, the government of Nunavut announced it was cutting the annual polar bear hunt in western Hudson Bay amid fears the bear population there is shrinking. The hunt will be cut from 56 bears down to 38, and could go to just eight bears next year, says Nunavut's Environment Minister Patterk Netser.Read the article... ... continue reading.

Final determination on Peary caribou to be made by federal cabinet JOHN THOMPSON Nunavut residents will be able to comment on the federal government's proposal to list Peary caribou as an endangered species this fall. Nunatsiaq News 2007-06-22 ... continue reading.

“This is a promising first step, and we hope that the federal government will follow their lead. If no one takes action now, the only polar bears we’ll see in the future will be on our $2 coins,” says Dr. Faisal Moola, the Director of Science for the David Suzuki Foundation. ... continue reading.

Iqaluit, Nunavut — Northern hunters, scientists and people with vivid imaginations have discussed the possibility for years. But Roger Kuptana, an Inuvialuit guide from Sachs Harbour, NWT, was the first to suspect it had actually happened when he proposed that a strange-looking bear shot last month by an American sports hunter might be half polar bear, half grizzly. ... continue reading.

The Atlantic walrus population is now a species of special concern and over-hunting may be to blame, says the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. ... continue reading.

Politicians in the Nunavut legislature want their government to take action to ensure Inuit have a say in American efforts to declare the polar bear a species at risk. - CBC ... continue reading.

The polar bear sport hunts in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories could be in big trouble if the United States decides to list the animals under its Endangered Species Act. - CBC ... continue reading.