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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

About 16% (1 589 species) of the world’s estimated 10 000 succulent species occur in the Succulent Karoo Biome This content is restricted to subscribers only. Our commitment at the Mail ...

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 ...

The illegal trade in succulents is on the rise. The Succulent Karoo Biome in South Africa is the world's only hot arid biodiversity hotspot. An area of 116,000km², the Succulent Karoo straddles ...