Project
Protecting South Africa’s Unique Succulent Species from Poachers
Initiative
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.