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Global demand for Southern Africa’s unique succulent plants is fuelling an illegal trade that threatens them with extinction. Between 2019 and May 2024, more than 1.6 million illegally harvested ...

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Ornamental succulents all over the world are under assault by traffickers. But a plant poaching industry estimated to have a black market value of £8.2bn has been particularly disastrous for conos.

South Africa’s succulents – small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas – are sought after by an increasingly ...

Analysis - South Africa's succulents - small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas - are sought after by an ...

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Many of the world's succulent species are only found in the Succulent Karoo desert, which spans South Africa and Namibia.