“Polar bear numbers have increased”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mrs Rinehart's claim doesn't check out. Reports on populations of polar bears produced by leading experts do not provide a time series for global populations of the species. Rather, they group polar bears into 19 subpopulations ringed around the Arctic circle. For a substantial number of these subpopulations, the short and long term trends in population growth or decline are unknown, and for four of them, there is no data to even make an estimate on the size of population. Over the long term,...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Gina Rinehart (Mining magnate) made this claim. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2021. Its rating was “Doesn't check out”.
Where the claim appeared
- ginarinehart.com.auhttps://www.ginarinehart.com.au/speech-by-mrs-gina-rinehart-celebrating-125-years-of-st-h…
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This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.