Globally, one in five plants are close to extinction. That is equivalent to 40% of our flora vanishing in the next decades. The global demand for endemic and rare plant species has increased because many covet them for their aesthetics and ornamental use. In southern Africa countries such as Namibia, which has about 400 to 700 endemic plant species, they are significantly targeted by plant poachers. A prominent Namibian botanist, Antje Burke, believes some Namibian succulent plants are under more threat of extinction than black rhinos.