Establish baseline for human injuries and deaths using existing data from 2006-2015
Summary of the Action:
The Range States intend to report the number of humans killed or injured by polar bears over time. Action HBC-A4 will develop a baseline number of bears killed and injured. Annual reporting of this metric will then be carried out under action HBC-A5 so that the Range States can track trends over time.
Action Lead:
Lindsey Mangipane (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Participants:
Sub-group members:
Karen Lone (Norway)
Jesper Ødegård Jacobsen (Greenland)
Sam Iverson (Canada)
Lindsey Mangipane (U.S.)
Alexander Gruzdev (Russia)
Duration of action:
June 2020- November 2020
Deliverables (output):
- A baseline number of humans killed by polar bears annually from 2006-2015
- A baseline number of humans injured by polar bears annually from 2006-2015
- A baseline number number of incidents in which humans were killed or injured by polar bears (i.e., were multiple humans killed or injured in one incident).
- The number of humans killed or injured by polar bears annually from 2016-2019 (and the number of incidents in which injuries or deaths occurred in) to document progress since CAP implementation
- A graphic representation of the data that can be displayed on the PBRS website
Impact (outcome):
This baseline can be used as a metric from which to gauge current and future progress towards meeting Objective 5: Manage human-bear interactions to ensure human safety and to minimize polar bear injury or mortality. Additionally, data will be compiled from the time of CAP implementation through 2019 that can be used to evaluate progress from the baseline.
Dissemination:
The baseline can be displayed on the Range State website alongside the baseline developed for HBC-A3 (Establish baseline for bear injuries and deaths using existing data from 2020) and annual reporting for HBC-A5 (Report findings on human-bear conflicts which end in injury or death [to bears or humans] annually on the RS website for each country or subpopulation).