UN's legal counsel told the Security Council that Morocco had no right to issue oil-exploration rights in Western Sahara without the consent of Western Saharans.
"We don't have any substantial records that the oil and gas exploration have created an issue for the polar bear, " said Dale Hall, director of Fish and Wildlife.
Campbell McCuaig of the Center for Exploration Targeting in Perth, Australia, said that the major issue with discovering and getting to deposits is cover.