Brown bear cubs are in a dire state and around 10 have died so far this year due to salmon shortage in a remote part of northern Japan. The experts have blamed global warming and subsequent rising sea temperatures because of the climate crisis. The Shiretoko area, the easternmost portion of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, was designated by UNESCO in 2005 and it became a World Heritage Site. At that time, UNESCO hoped that Shiretoko and the Kuril Islands (Russian Federation) would jointly become a transboundary “World Heritage Peace Park” but it didn’t happen
