South Africa’s rare succulent plants are threatened by illegal trade – how to stop it
An area of 116,000km², the Succulent Karoo straddles the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa and southern Namibia. Over 6,000 plant species are found in this region, including ...
South Africa insists on progress report, stalls cheetah relocation
The relocation of 18 cheetahs from South Africa to Madhya Pradesh, scheduled for February 2025, may face delays due to South ...
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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 ...
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Flora McCrone
Flora McCrone is a political anthropologist and conflict specialist focusing on the Horn of Africa. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa and is currently undertaking a PhD ...