The 4th International Symposium on Trade in Bear Parts in Nagano, Japan, 4 October 2006
First Announcement
 Organized by TRAFFIC East Asia
Supported by IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group
WWF Japan
Most of Asia’s wild bear populations are threatened by a number of factors including habitat loss, conflict with human activities and trade in bear parts and products. Bear parts, including bear bile and gall bladder, are traded for medicinal use to supply markets in Asia and elsewhere, but also meat and skin are traded as food, ornaments and trophies. Live bears are traded for the entertainment business, as pets and to supply bear farms.
TRAFFIC, with the support of the IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group and WWF Japan, is organizing the Fourth International Symposium on Trade in Bear Parts to take place in Karuizawa, Japan, on 4 October 2006. With an emphasis on conserving wild bears in Asia, this Symposium will provide a good platform to share information to help improve CITES implementation and compliance with controls on trade in bears and their parts, and with the ultimate goals of conserving bears in the wild and stopping illegal trade. The Symposium will coincide with the field-trip day of the Seventeenth International Conference on Bear Research and Management (the 17th IBA Conference) to be held in the same city, Karuizawa, Japan.
Topics include:
-A global overview of the conservation status of bears
-Trade in bear and bear parts in Southeast Asia
-An analytical framework for assessing the relationship between wildlife farming and the conservation of wild populations
-Trade in bear parts from the Russian Federation
| Meeting venue |
Mampei Hotel, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan (150 km from Tokyo, 65 minutes by bullet train). |
| Recommended Hotel |
Mampei Hotel (http://mampei.co.jp/ only in Japanese)
A block of rooms has been reserved and a special discount available only for participants to the bear symposium. Please contact us by e-mail for room rates and reservation (It will automatically be transfered to reservation desk of the hotel ). |
| Language |
English |
| Admission Fee |
JPY 4000 (approx. USD 34 ) including conference materials, simultaneous translation service (Japanese-English), refreshment and lunch. |
A registration form is available from http://www.trafficj.org/kuma/symposium2006/
Please check the site for the latest information (available on-line from 1st of May 2006).
Enquiry: Akiko Ishihara (traffic@trafficj.org) tel: +81-3-3769-1716 fax:+81-3-3769-1304
This symposium is made possible with the kind support of Mampei Hotel.
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