China's growing middle class has developed a passion for ornamental plants, giving rise to an illegal trade that's threatening South Africa's biodiversity and pushing rare succulents into extinction
The Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa - South African customs officials recently became suspicious when they noticed that shipments of "Made
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Cape Nature and the SA National Biodiversity Institute (Sanbi) shone a spotlight on the catastrophic rise in illegal harvesting of plants across the Succulent Karoo region.