South Africa's rare succulent plants are threatened by illegal trade—how to stop it
South Africa's succulents—small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out ...
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These rare, unique-looking Karoo succulents are being traded illegally
Between 2019 and 2024, South African authorities seized 1.6 million illegally harvested succulents. Conservationists reckon ...
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Rare clivias targeted in southern Africa’s evolving illegal plant trade
Stakeholders are exploring innovative ways to safeguard the region’s precious plants from the threat of extinction.
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THE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL TRADE IN SUCCULENT FLORA STEMMING FROM SOUTH AFRICA
As someone deeply committed to conserving our global flora, I believe raising awareness is crucial ... roles of other African countries in facilitating the illegal trade in South Africa’s succulents ...
Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, ...
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Are your houseplants fuelling extinction? South Africa’s rare succulents face silent crisis
New research from TRAFFIC unveils rampant illegal trade of Southern Africa’s endangered succulent plants, pushing some of the world’s rarest botanical treasures toward extinction Over 1.6 million ...