illegal cycads

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Cycad Society: in the media
... at the Eastern Cape Environment and Tourism Department. In the 1990s, conservation authorities started tracking illegal cycads through microchips inserted into the plants in the wild. However, smugglers soon found ways to ... often let smugglers off with small fines. In the past three months, two stashes of illegal cycads - one worth R70 000 and the other R100 000 - were confiscated in Berlin and ...
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Cycad Society: in the media
... for illegal cycad dealing - SABC News. Thirteen people, including a member of the Lowveld police, have been arrested in Mpumalanga for the illegal possession of, and dealing in, endangered cycads. 4 ... nabbed in the US for smuggling cycads. SABCnews.com "Three South Africans have been arrested in California, USA, for their part in the illegal smuggling of cycads." 19 November, 2000 - Cycad poachers ...
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Cycad International : Katherine NT Australia
... numbers and possible extinction of the host-specific insects associated with them. Whether the cycads have suffered from illegal poaching, or from the misuse of pesticides or loss of habitat is ... trigger tremendous demand for plants, creating the high prices which inevitably lead to further illegal collecting. (Extract from CYCADS OF THE WORLD by David L. Jones) NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE Feb/Mar ...
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Cycad International : Katherine NT Australia
... Controlling International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This law makes it illegal to import, export and re-export or offer for sale any animals, plants or derivatives ... needs, it’s that easy! No more last minute hassles trying to source Unique Feature Cycads for your Up-market Projects. Cycad International/Cycad Gardens Nursery. www.cycadinternational.com.au Phone ...
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Cycad conservation, Article 6
... legal shipment- one must pass agricultural inspection. When I think of poaching I think of illegal gathering/importation-plants not subjected to inspection. The taking of plants from a depleted natural ... a letter of introduction from an "International" organization whose credo is to "conserve and protect cycads worldwide". Think ahead and do whatever you can to work within the laws. If there ...
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Cycad conservation: WildNet Africa article
... was established ten years ago to stop the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn. It soon expanded its activities to include illegal trade in other endangered species as the Commissioner ... routes to conduct their illegal activities and operated mainly in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Northern Province and Mpumalanga. These areas contain the largest number and variety of cycads. Transactions between the ...
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