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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Between 2019 and 2024, South African authorities seized 1.6 million illegally harvested succulents. Conservationists reckon ...
As researchers with an interest in Indigenous knowledge, we explored the use of medicinal plants as remedies against diseases among children in the North West province of South Africa. Of the ...
Dominique Prinsloo, TRAFFIC’s Project Manager in South Africa, said: These plants are part of the soul and heritage of South Africa. We urgently need a better understanding of succulent plant crime, ...
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"In South Africa, we know already of seven species that ... It is hard to obtain figures for how many plants are being poached, but the non-governmental organisation Traffic reports that 1.6 ...