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Project

Protecting South Africa’s unique succulent species from poachers

Duration
2022 - 2023
Location
South Africa
Species protected
Button Plants Conophytum

Project objectives

This project aims to test an all-encompassing conservation strategy to protect succulent species from poaching. This will be done by appointing a special investigator to analyse cases in order to develop guidelines that will be shared with law enforcement officials, providing trainings on the succulent plant trade to prosecutors and leading a workshop on what technologies can be used to prevent it.

This project is implemented by Wilderness Foundation Africa.

Threats

Poaching