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Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. launched a hotline to give Inuit the
opportunity to express concerns about polar bears.
NTI wants Inuit to call the toll-free or local telephone numbers
and express concerns about polar bears. NTI is collecting
traditional knowledge about polar bears and climate change.
NTI set up the hotline following the United States’ attempts to
have all trade on polar bear products banned worldwide under the
Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES).
NTI plans to use the information gathered to present at a CITES
conference planned for March, 2010.
For more information contact:
Franco Buscemi
Director, Communications
P.O. Box 638
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
867-975-4939 / 867-222-1411 / 1 888 646 0006
fbuscemi@tunngavik.com
www.tunngavik.com
"The millions of dollars Inuit negotiated will come and go.
The preservation of our corner of the world is more important
than that." ~ John Amagoalik
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