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Climate Change Scientist, James Ford, PhD, on science versus traditional knowledge and the polar bear
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James discusses the polarity of the Inuit perspective on polar bears and the scientific one. Perhaps scientists have gotten it wrong as they are not there year round to fully understand it. Regardless of this the scientific community is often taken as gospel. Traditional knowledge is seen as anecdotal and biased especially in terms of wildlife management where the Inuit have an interest in hunting the animals in question. Polar bears are not in endangered in general, it is isolated to certain populations whereas there are about 9 populations in Iqaluit alone.
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