The Fourth International Symposium on Trade in Bear Parts in Nagano, Japan, 4 October 2006

	You can download this handbill.

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.

-DATE: October 4th, 2006 ( 9:00-18:00 )
-MEETING VENUE: the Mampei Hotel in Karuizawa

This symposium is made possible with the kind support of Mampei Hotel and Global Species Programme WWF International and Animals Asia Foundation.

■Latest Information

2006. September 28-updated: "Online registration "is closed

2006. September 13-updated: "Program"and
Announcement that discount for early registration is applied

2006. August 10-updated: The contents table of proceedings of last three symposium

2006. August 8-updated: PDF version of handbill of the symposium

2006. July 31-updates: "Meeting venue & Accomodations" and "Access"

2006. July 4-updated :New announcement "The Fourth International Symposium on Trade in Bear Parts to be held in Nagano -Asia Bear Trade-" and "Poster Presentation"

2006. May 1-updated :"First Announcement" and "Registration"

 

■Announcement

■Registration

■Program

■Meeting venue & Accomodation

■Access

■Proceedings of last three symposium

■LINK

IBA 2006-17th International Conference on Bear Research and Management(official website of 17th International Conference on Bear Research and Management)

(Last updated: 2 Oct. 2006）