Publications
Icon on Ice: International Trade and Management of Polar Bears
A report from the wildlife trade monitoring organization TRAFFIC concludes that the major threat to polar bears is not international commercial trade, but habitat loss due the rapid melting ...29 October 2012
Important marine areas in the Arctic
Taking the icy lid off the Arctic opens this environment to new opportunities but also to new threats and new aspects of existing threats.24 September 2012
The 'RACER' (Rapid Assessment of Circumarctic Ecosystem Resilience) project is a tool to help governments and communities around the Arctic safeguard the functioning ecosystems peo...
24 April 2012
Background to the Last Ice Area
1 November 2011
Warming in the Arctic could lead to flooding affecting one quarter of the world’s population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions from massive carbon pools, and extreme globa...
2 September 2009
Oil Spill Response Challenges in Arctic Waters
Arctic marine conditions contribute to an oil spill “response gap” that effectively limits the ability to clean up after an oil spill. A new report commissioned by WWF concludes that th...1 January 2008
2 degrees is too much!: Evidence and implications of dangerous climate change in the Arctic
What would a full 2°C global rise mean for the Arctic? WWF research shows perennial Arctic ice is melting by nearly 10% a decade. It’s on course to disappear entirely by the end of the ce...1 January 2005
The Barents Sea Ecoregion: A biodiversity assessment
The Biodiversity Assessment of the Barents Sea Ecoregion presents comprehensive information about organisms living in both the Russian and Norwegian part of the Barents Sea, including their ...29 March 2004
10 principles for Arctic tourism
WWF worked with tourism operators, government, researchers, conservation groups and communities from all over the Arctic to create the first arctic specific guidelines for tourism.1 January 2001