The Value Of A Polar Bear: Evaluating The Role Of A Multiple-Use Resource In The Nunavut Mixed ...

The Value Of A Polar Bear: Evaluating The Role Of A Multiple-Use Resource In The Nunavut Mixed Economy Martha Dowsley, 2010   The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a common pool resource that contributes to both the subsistence and monetary aspects of the Nunavut mixed economy through its use as food, the sale of hides in the fur trade, and sport hunt outfitting. Sport hunting is more financially profitable than subsistence hunting; however, the proportion of the polar bear quota devoted to...

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