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The Silent Plunder: How South Africa’s Succulents Are Being Stolen to Extinction

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The dry and arid, succulent Karoo near Breede river D.C, Western Cape, South Africa

A quiet crisis is unfolding in South Africa’s Succulent Karoo. This region, spanning approximately 111,000 square kilometers from Namibia's Luderitz through South Africa's Richtersveld, Namaqualand, Hantam, Tanqua, Roggeveld, and into the Little Karoo, is renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity. Home to the world's richest succulent flora, the Succulent Karoo boasts around 6,350 species of vascular… Continue reading The Silent Plunder: How South Africa’s Succulents Are Being Stolen to Extinction

Water Hyacinth: Kenya’s Silent Green Invader

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Water Hyacinth: Kenya’s Silent Green Invader

Water hyacinth, with its lush green leaves and delicate purple flowers, might look harmless—beautiful, even. But beneath that deceptive façade lies one of the world’s most aggressive aquatic invaders. In Kenya, this plant has become an ecological menace, choking vital water bodies, suffocating aquatic life, and disrupting livelihoods. A Troubled Introduction Originally from South America,… Continue reading Water Hyacinth: Kenya’s Silent Green Invader