Editing Bear (section)

===Organizations===
[[File:Baby Pandas.JPG|thumb|right|Juvenile pandas at the [[Chengdu]] Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding]]

The International Association for Bear Research & Management, also known as the [[International Bear Association]], and the [[Bear Specialist Group]] of the Species Survival Commission, a part of the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] focus on the natural history, management, and conservation of bears. Bear Trust International works for wild bears and other wildlife through four core program initiatives, namely Conservation Education, Wild Bear Research, Wild Bear Management, and Habitat Conservation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beartrust.org/vision-and-mission |title=Vision and Mission |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2002–2012 |website=Bear Trust International |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226195504/http://beartrust.org/vision-and-mission |archive-date=2014-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Specialty organizations for each of the eight species of bears worldwide include:
* Vital Ground, for the brown bear<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vitalground.org |title=Vital Ground |access-date=2019-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120033225/https://www.vitalground.org/ |archive-date=2019-01-20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Moon Bears, for the Asiatic black bear<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moonbears.org/index.html |title=Moon Bears |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309053102/http://www.moonbears.org/index.html |archive-date=2014-03-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Black Bear Conservation Coalition, for the North American black bear<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcc.org/ |title=Black Bear Conservation Coalition |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103020114/http://www.bbcc.org/ |archive-date=2014-01-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Polar Bears International, for the polar bear<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ |title=Polar Bears International |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308234451/http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ |archive-date=2014-03-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, for the sun bear<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/ |title=Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218113140/http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/ |archive-date=2014-02-18 }}</ref>
* Wildlife SOS, for the sloth bear<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildlifesos.org/|title=Wildlife SOS - Saving India's Wildlife|website=Wildlife SOS}}</ref>
* Andean Bear Conservation Project, for the Andean bear<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.andeanbear.org/ |title=Andean Bear Conservation Project |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218004303/http://www.andeanbear.org/ |archive-date=2014-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, for the giant panda<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panda.org.cn/english/ |title=Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315221701/http://www.panda.org.cn/english/ |archive-date=2014-03-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>