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Title:
Kirstenbosch: Drowning in neglected poached plants
Author(s):
Pinnock D
Publication Year:
2026
Abstract:

The plants were stolen from the wild, rescued by the state, then delivered into another kind of danger. Inside Kirstenbosch's greenhouses, South Africa's plant-poaching crisis has become a grim question: what happens when confiscation saves plants only long enough for them to die?

Series Title:
Daily Maverick
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Keywords:
wildlife, crime, poaching, plant species
Files:
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SA_2026_06_Kirstenbosch_Drowning in neglected poached plants_Daily Maverick.pdf 3.42 MB

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