Dr. Peter Ewins

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  The new evidence points to even earlier regional extinctions," said Peter Ewins, director of species conservation at WWF-Canada.

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  But Pete Ewins of the World Wildlife Fund says the Arctic whales face the same plight as that of polar bears.The sea ice that both shelters and feeds them is changing and - mostly - shrinking.
  
  "The steps you need to take require you to not only turn down the (carbon dioxide) but also to be cautious and manage other activities," he said, noting that military, industrial and tourist activities in formerly silent Arctic waters are all increasing with the melting ice.
  
  Species such as whales and polar bears are not only pop-culture icons, but also good indicators of the health of an ecosystem, said Ewins.
  
  "They are flagships of the marine systems," he said.

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  PETER EWINS, DPhil Senior Officer, Species, WWF-Canada
  
  Pete Ewins was born in Worksop, England and completed his Doctorate in marine ornithology at University of Oxford in 1986. After working for the Shetland Islands for the UK Government's Nature Conservancy Council in 1990 he moved to Canada and worked until 1986 on the Great Lakes wildlife toxicology program for the federal government;s Canadian Wildlife Service, documenting levels and impacts of pollutants on wildlife at the top of the aquatic foodwebs. He joined WWF-Canada as Director of Canada's Endangered Species Program in 1996 and then directed WWF Arctic conservation work from 2000-2006, focusing heavily on shifting the industrial development paradigm to one that provides adequately for conservation of intact ecosystems, and ecological and cultural diversity, while the opportunity still remains. Pete now leads WWF's conservation work on Arctic species (such as polar bear, arctic whales, caribou and migratory birds) at this time of unprecedented change in these ecosystems.

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  Dr. Peter Ewins, species conservation director for World Wildlife Fund Canada, said, "My suspicion would be that the U.S. decision to classify (polar bears) as a threatened species would be difficult to ignore in Canada."

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  "We are very pleased to partner with the MNR to protect species at risk in Ontario," said Dr. Peter Ewins, Director, Species Conservation, WWF-Canada.

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  Peter Ewins, Director, Species Conservation. © Janine van Winssen.
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  Peter Ewins
  
  Pete Ewins was born in Worksop, England, earned an honours degree in Zoology from Edinburgh University and when on to complete his doctorate at Oxford University in 1986.
  
  Pete spent 12 years in Shetland, including a post as Assistant Warden for three years at the world famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory. His introduction to applied conservation was provided during six years working for the UK government as Nature Conservancy Council officer for Shetland.
  
  In 1990 he moved to Canada and worked until 1996 on the Great Lakes wildlife toxicology programs of the federal government's Canadian Wildlife Service, documenting levels and impacts of toxic pollutants on wildlife at the top of aquatic foodwebs.
  
  He joined World Wildlife Fund Canada, as Director of Canada's Endangered Species Program in 1996 and then directed WWF's Arctic conservation work from 2000-2006, focusing heavily on shifting the industrial development paradigm to one that provides adequately for conservation of intact ecosystems, and ecological and cultural diversity, while the opportunity still remains. Pete now directs WWF's species conservation work, with a strong focus on flagship species in globally significant regions, such as the polar bear, woodland caribou, and whales.
  
  He has served on many government and non-government committees and boards, and is a public speaker on ecological and conservation biology subjects. Author of over 100 scientific papers or popular articles, and 11 book chapters, he is highly committed to effective communication of both research results and conservation challenges and solutions.

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  Dr. Peter Ewins, Conservation Program Director, WWF-Canada
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  Dr. Peter Ewins has extensive experience in the Arctic, focusing on transforming industrial development to a truly sustainable approach ensuring intact ecosystems, ecological and cultural diversity. He has served on many government and non-government committees and boards, is a published author and also speaks widely on ecological and conservation biology subjects.

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  Published on: 11/19/2008    Last Visited: 11/19/2008  

  Peter Ewins of the World Wildlife Fund is leading the charge against the Government of Nunavut for keeping the total allowable harvest for bears in Baffin Bay at 105 animals for the 2008 season.
  
  Ewins told Nunatsiaq News the NWMB's 105-bear harvest for the Baffin Bay population - which Nuna­vut's outgoing Minister of the Environment Olayuk Akesuk has accepted - is "totally unsustainable."
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  Ewins claimed the bear population in Baffin Bay has "almost certainly declined by 30 per cent" due to overharvesting by Nunavut and Greenlandic hunters combined.
  
  The Nunavut quota has been based on the assumption that Greenland hunters were only taking about 18 to 25 bears a year during the 1990s, he said. "But when the numbers came out, they were taking up to 185 a year," Ewins said.
  
  Government estimates of bear populations in the Baffin area are based on counts from 1994 to 1997, extrapolated with computer models that plug in expected birth and death rates, including Inuit harvesting.
  
  Changes in the Greenland harvesting information, of course, affect the models.
  
  Ewins said Greenland hunters have established a voluntary quota of 100 bears for their side of the Baffin Bay region this year, but the combined total of 205 bears is still much more than the population can sustain "for a slow-reproducing species like the polar bear."
  
  And Ewins also said there is "a very unhelpful anti-science bias" among Inuit hunters.
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  Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, Baffin Bay polar bears may no longer be exported, Akesuk said, a warning that has been echoed and emphasized by Ewins.
  
  It's a warning that both Akesuk and Nunavut Tunngavik's director of wildlife, Gabriel Nirlungayuk find offensive.
  
  "Here we go again," Nirlungayuk said, recalling the sealskin boycott of the 1980s against Newfoundland sealing, when Inuit found their income from the seal hunt severely cut back.
  
  "It's quite disheartening and upsetting to hear the WWF," he said.

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  "In the current world of discoveries in our planet, this is very big," said Pete Ewins, spokesperson for the World Wildlife Foundation.
  
  The report, titled First Contact: New Species Discoveries, was released by WWF last week. It examines a decade's worth of discoveries in the greater Mekong region, comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan province.
  
  "Now that the region has stabilized, researchers have been able to go in and document the species. Their findings show it is a major global hotspot for biodiversity, a treasure," said Ewins, who directs WWF Canada's species conservation programs.
  
  While the discoveries were unfolding, a "massive" industrial shift has been underway in the region, destroying some of the habitat of the species being documented, he said.

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  Published on: 8/5/2008    Last Visited: 8/5/2008  

  "This will result in much greater risks from oil and chemical spills and acoustic disturbance and more collisions between whales and ships," said Peter Ewins, Species Conservation director for WWF-Canada.
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  Dr. Peter EwinsDirector, Species ConservationWWF-Canada416-484-7711Cell: 647-400-9576

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