From the Bear Specialist Group:
IUCN Red List accounts for bears
Status of individual brown bear populations worldwide
Population Monitoring for Conservation of Asian Bears (BSG paper series)
Bears of the World: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 1999
Sun Bears: Global Status Review & Conservation Action Plan, 2019-2028
Priority Topics for Ex Situ Sun Bear Conservation Research (2020)
Bear sanctuaries worldwide: contact list by country (updated May 2026)
The Impact of Bear Farming on wild bear conservation: a decade of collaborative research
Principles of Human–Bear Conflict Reduction
Approaches to Human–Bear Conflict Management
Checklist for article submissions to International Bear News
From IUCN/Species Survival Commission:
IUCN "Engage": Online Conservation Platform
About the Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Specialist Groups of the IUCN Species Survival Commission
IUCN Species Strategic Plan 2021-2025
Other bear research & conservation organizations
Taiwan Black Bear Conservation Association
International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA)
