News & Research – Bear Specialist Group

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IUCN Bear Specialist Group:
Committed to conserving bears in the diversity of their natural environments.

Bear Parts Use in Vietnam: Do We Know as Much as We Think We Do?
Elizabeth Oneita Davis & Jenny Anne Glikman & Brian Crudge & Madelon Williamsen & Vinh Dang & Tuan Bendixsen
International Bear News 2018 Summer Vol. 27 No. 2 on pages 12-13

A Tribute to Three Bear Biologists, Tennessee to Iran, and Thoughts on Mentoring
Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Summer Vol. 27 No. 2 on pages 6-10

Use of Small Explosives are a Threat to Sloth Bears in India
Attur Shanmugam Arun & Shanmugavelu Swaminathan & Thomas Sharp & Yogaraj Panerselvam & Kartick Satyanarayan & Geeta Seshamani
International Bear News 2018 Summer Vol. 27 No. 2 on pages 13-14

Monitoring Bears in Southeast Asia: Debrief of a Workshop in Ljubljana
Brian Crudge & Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 22-23

Sun Bear Conservation Action Plan Implementation Update
Brian Crudge & Caroline Lees & Matt Hunt & Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 33-34

Observations of a Sloth Bear Feeding on a Honeycomb in a Tree in Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India
Om Gosatkar & Sunil Rathod & Nisha Singh
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 59-60

New Project: The Ecology of Brown Bear Damage at Large Scales
Carlos Bautista & Eloy Revilla & Javier Naves & Nuria Selva
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 47-48

What would have been without us?
Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 17-18

Ancestry of the Bear Specialist Group: the People and Ideas at the Inception
Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 6-8

First Legal Shooting of a Bear in the Italian Alps, in the Name of Conservation
Claudio Groff
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 22-23

An Unusual Attractant Spurs Sloth Bear Break-ins in Maharashtra, India
Nisha Singh & Jignesh Rot & Swapnil Sonone & Nishith Dharaiya
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 20-21

Shining a Light on Sun Bears
Brian Crudge
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 34-35

What is it about the Terai of Nepal that Favors Sloth bears over Asiatic Black Bears?
Karine Pigeon & Bhupendra Prasad Yadav & Pooja Basnet & Kiran Timalsina & Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 49-50

Communication is Key for Human–bear Coexistence: the Experience of Trentino (Italian Alps)
Marta Gandolfi & Claudio Groff & Paolo Pedrini
International Bear News 2018 Fall Vol. 27 No. 3 on pages 42-43

How Locals Characterize the Causes of Sloth Bear Attacks in Jawai, Rajasthan
Ashish Kumar Jangid & Ravi Kumar Sharma
International Bear News 2018 Spring Vol. 27 No. 1 on pages 11-12

First National Bear Conservation Workshop Held in Myanmar
Lorenzo Gaffi & Filippo Zibordi & Leonardo Gueli
International Bear News 2018 Summer Vol. 27 No. 2 on pages 21-22

First BSG Sloth Bear Expert Team Meeting Sets Stage for Coordinated Research and Conservation
Nishith Dharaiya & Kartick Satyanaraya & Harendra Bargali & Prachi Thatte & Thomas Sharp
International Bear News 2018 Summer Vol. 27 No. 2 on pages 19-20

In Memoriam: Hadi Fahimi, 1980–2018
Dave Garshelis
International Bear News 2018 Summer Vol. 27 No. 2 on page 11

Is Conservation Advancing? It Depends How You Ask the Question
Dave Garshelis & Rob Steinmetz
International Bear News 2018 Spring Vol. 27 No. 1 on pages 5-6

Understanding Use of Bear Parts in Southeast Asia to Diminish Demand
Elizabeth Oneita Davis & David A. O’Connor & Jenny Anne Glikman & Diogo Veríssimo & Brian Crudge & Thona Lim & Matt Hunt
International Bear News 2018 Spring Vol. 27 No. 1 on pages 9-10

The Dichotomy of Feeding Bears, and Considerations for Human–Bear Conflicts
Rich Beausoleil & Lindsay Welfelt
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 18-19

Himalayan Black Bear Discovered in Babai Valley of Bardia National Park, Nepal, Co-occurring with Sloth Bears
Shailendra Kumar Yadav, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Naresh Subedi, Maheshwar Dhakal, Ramesh Kumar Thapa, Laxman Poudyal
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 23-25

Revival of Handicraft Aides Survey for Asiatic Black Bear Corridors in Hormozgan Province, Iran.
Morteza Arianejad, Taher Ghadirian, Azar Sedaghati Khayat, Yasaman Talebi Otaghvar & Shadi Tavakolimehr
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 14-15

The World’s Least Known Bear Species Gets its Day in the Sun
Dave Garshelis & Rob Steinmetz
International Bear News 2017 Fall Vol. 26 No. 3 on pages 5-6