Home to more than 6,300 plant species – thousands of which are found nowhere else on Earth – massive blooms of spring wildflowers, and 70 types of scorpion, the Succulent Karoo is a bountiful ...

An area of 116,000km², the Succulent Karoo straddles the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa and southern Namibia. More than 6,000 plant species are found in this region ...

The Succulent Karoo is the world’s most biodiverse arid region – many species occur nowhere else on Earth A CapeNature staff member told the ENACT project that many of the arrested foreigners had ...

Local groups working to conserve the Succulent Karoo's biodiversity will receive much-needed assistance through US$8 million in grants from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). One of ...

Plants thrive at Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve in the Succulent Karoo in the Western Cape, May 16, 2023. (Kate Bartlett/VOA) He said some species, particularly succulents like conophytums, are now ...

According to the Botanical Society of South Africa, Klein Karoo forms part of the country's Succulent Karoo Biome — one of the richest and most diverse succulent habitats on Earth.An estimated ...

It is hard to obtain figures for how many plants are being poached, but the non-governmental organisation Traffic reports that 1.6 million illegally harvested succulents were seized by South ...

Many types of succulents in South Africa's semi-arid Karoo region are now critically endangered because of a sharp rise in illegal harvesting for international markets -- with China being the main ...

Home to more than 6,300 plant species – thousands of which are found nowhere else on Earth – massive blooms of spring wildflowers, and 70 types of scorpion, the Succulent Karoo is a bountiful ...

Criminals are stripping South Africa's Succulent Karoo of its unique plant life to satisfy international demand. Illegal harvesting to supply the international horticultural market threatens some ...

Home to more than 6,300 plant species – thousands of which are found nowhere else on Earth – massive blooms of spring wildflowers, and 70 types of scorpion, the Succulent Karoo is a bountiful ...