Information material

• Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears (1973).
• Conference to Prepare an Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Oslo, 13 to 15 November 1973 (1974). Final Act and Summary Record.
• Norwegian Polar Institute (2008). Polar bear fact sheet.
• Norwegian Polar Institute (2009). Status for polar bear subpopulations worldwide.
• Larsen T. S., Stirling, I. (2009). The Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears - its History and Future. Norsk Polarinstitutt rapportserie, No. 127.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - information material

I  Final Rule to List Polar Bears Under the ESA

II Outrech Materials

• Minimizing Polar Bear and Human Interactions at Barter Island, Alaska
• Ongoing Polar Bear Research in Alaska
• Polar Bears and Humans Safety Guidelines
• Polar Bear Harvest Management in Alaska
• What to Do if You Find a Dead Polar Bear 
• Polar bear newsletter_April 2009 

III Publications and Reports

USGS Science Strategy to Support U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Polar Bear Listing Decision

• Amstrup, S. C. et al. (2008). Bayesian network modeling to forecast 21st century worldwide status of polar bears. 
• Bergen, S. et al. (2007). Predicting movements of polar bears to denning areas.
• DeWeaver, E. (2007). Uncertainty in climate model projections of Arctic Sea Ice Decline. 
• Durner, G. M. et al. (2009). Predicting 21st-century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models. 
• Hunter, C. M. et al. (2007). Demography and population growth in relation to sea ice conditions in the Southern Beaufort Sea. 
• Obbard, M. E. et al. (2007). Polar bear population status in Southern Hudson Bay. 
• Regehr, E. V. et al. (2007). Survival and breeding in relation to sea ice conditions in the Southern Beaufort Sea. 
• Rode, K. D. et al. (2007). Polar bear condition and reproduction in the Southern Beaufort Sea. 
• Stirling, I. et al. (2007). Polar bear population status in the Northern Beaufort Sea.

Other publications

• Gleason, J. S. and Rode, K. D. Habitat use by polar bears in coastal areas in the fall 1980-2005. 
• Regehr, E. V. et al. (2006). 2006 report of demography of polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea. 
• Regehr, E. V. et al. (2007). Population dynamics in Western Hudson Bay. 
• Schliebe, S et al. (2008). Fall coastal surveys in the Southern Beaufort Sea 2000-2006. 
• Stirling, I. et al. (2008). Rebuttal to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay.