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More than 2.5-million succulents seized from poachers

But this is probably less than a quarter of the illegal trade, CapeNature says

Many species of succulents at the Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden are endangered due to poaching. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
Since 2018, about 2.5-million illegally harvested succulent plants have been seized by authorities in the Western Cape. But this probably accounts for less than one quarter of the numbers poached, CapeNature told the Western Cape provincial Parliament on Tuesday.
CapeNature, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), and TRAFFIC, which monitors wildlife trade, made presentations to the provincial standing committee for environmental affairs, as part of a plan to coordinate a response to poaching.
Numbers from TRAFFIC show succulent poaching surging since 2019. Millions of succulents have been illegally harvested in the Northern…

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