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Illegal Cactus Trafficking Threatens Hundreds Of Species With Extinction

Illegal Cactus Trafficking Threatens Hundreds Of Species With Extinction
by : Daniel Richardson on : 22 May 2021 13:33
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The trafficking of illegal cacti is a serious issue that threatens hundreds of species with extinction.
Not many people realise cactus trafficking is a million dollar market that threatens biodiversity. However, this is the issue that cactus expert and president of the Association for Biodiversity and Conservation, Andrea Cattabriga, frequently addresses.
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In February 2020, Cattabriga was involved in a bust carried out in Italy. In this recovery of cacti, the authorities found more than 1,000 plants with a value exceeding $1.2 million. This has highlighted the dangers trafficking presents to biodiversity. ....

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Global cactus traffickers are cleaning out the deserts

updated: May 21 2021, 14:34 ist
Andrea Cattabriga has seen a lot of cactuses where they didn’t belong. But he’d never seen anything like Operation Atacama, a bust carried out last year in Italy. A cactus expert and president of the Association for Biodiversity and Conservation, Cattabriga often helps the police identify the odd specimen seized from tourists or intercepted in the post.
This time, however, Cattabriga was confronted by a stunning display: more than 1,000 of some of the world’s rarest cactuses, valued at over $1.2 million on the black market.
Almost all of the protected plants had come from Chile, which does not legally export them, and some were well over a century old. The operation which occurred in February 2020, but is being made public now because of the cactuses’ recent return to Chile was most likely the biggest international cactus seizure in nearly three decades. It also highlights how much money traffickers may be earning from the tr ....

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