BIOCRIME How illegal harvesting of vulnerable plants and animals strips the Cape’s ecology 7 min 2 By Julia Evans
ECOLOGICAL HEIST Conviction reveals criminal syndicates’ shifting focus in illegal plant trade 7 min 1 By Kristin Engel
ANT SMUGGLING Illegal ant(ic)s — tiny targets of a growing global biopiracy threat to South Africa 10 min 4 By Caryn Dolley
PLANT POACHING CRISIS How an algorithm is fighting the illegal sale of succulents blooming online 5 min 1 By Julia Evans
ISS TODAY OP-ED SA battling to protect precious succulents from blooming illegal trade 4 min 0 By Carina Bruwer
PLANT RED LIST South Africa resorts to triage as casualties pile up in devastating rare succulent poaching spree 7 min 20 By Tony Carnie
SUCCULENT SMUGGLERS South Africa’s rare plants are being poached to extinction, and the ecological nightmare is only getting worse 9 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
GROUNDUP VIDEO Plants on the black market: Inside South Africa’s new poaching problem 1 min 0 By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
GROUNDUP Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market 6 min 2 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
SCONE SEEKER Pink Geranium serves up piping hot scones on a stoep with a view 3 min 0 By Melanie Farrell
