Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
It is hard to obtain figures for how many plants are being poached, but the non-governmental organisation Traffic reports ...
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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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Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
"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 ...
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Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
Most of the plants in question are a variety known as succulents, named for their ability to hold water and survive in arid climates. Succulent species range in size, shape and colour - some look ...