Regional Variations
Although the inclusion of the brown bear as of Least Concern on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species refers to their global population, the fact is that local populations are increasingly becoming scarcer. And as the IUCN itself adds
Least Concern does not always mean that species are not at risk. There are declining species that are evaluated as Least Concern.
Such regional variations are most obvious in Spain where the only remaining bear, the Cantabrian brown bear is under threat.
Read more about this topic: Bear Conservation
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