IUCN Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group
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The IUCN SSC Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group (CSSG) aims to promote the conservation of succulent plants across the globe.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined March 2019
Dear @instagram team, we urge you to include “plants” within your platform’s report function to help combat the illegal trade in plants, which threatens 1000s of species with extinction. @mosseri @kevin @mikeyk
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The case confirms that groups like ABC have a right to join criminal proceedings related to offences that harm their missions. It highlights how conservation groups can give powerful legal voice to nature’s rights. #GreenWave for #Nature #conservation
https://t.co/IrpesIA5bR
conservation-litigation.org
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ABC’s case claims harm to its conservation mission. If successful, the defendants would have to compensate ABC – funds that will be invested into cactus conservation. This shifts our focus from not only on punishing environmental crimes but also seeking remedies.
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Alongside @IUCN Cactus @CssgSsc Specialist Group, and pro bono lawyers from @DLA_Piper_Italy we are supporting Italy’s Associazione per la Biodiversità e la sua Conservazione (ABC), to speak for the cacti in court. https://t.co/bRtPDAMecq
iucn.org
Copiapoa cactus plants confiscated in 2020 in Italy in the largest seizure of illegally traded cacti to date are returning back to Chile.
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Following the seizure of >1,000 rare Chilean cacti from a greenhouse in Italy, the plants will have their day in court. Alleged poachers face not only criminal prosecution, but also a civil case brought by an Italian conservation group that is setting important precedents.
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🌵 We support strategic cases around the world so that – when nature is harmed – plaintiffs can take action to create accountability and secure remedies. Today we can share details about an important cases, moving ahead in Italy’s Court of Ancona to protect endangered #cacti
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¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year!
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Our warmest greetings during this holiday season! ¡Nuestros más cálidos saludos durante estas fiestas!
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Esta publicación ilustra lo q se conoce como "ceguera hacia las plantas" (plant blindness). Es un sesgo en biologia de la conservación donde las plantas se presentan como menos importantes q los animales. Resultado: reciben menos recursos y esfuerzos en conservarlas.
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment shows ~1 million species of plants and animals face extinction, many within decades. 🦎🐢🐆🐅🦍🐘🐬🐋 Let’s protect endangered species, today and every day!
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The @IUCNRedList was updated in the first days of the month, the numbers are not what we had hoped for, but we keep focused on Assess - Plan - ACT to improve the situation of species. Read more here https://t.co/3lJBJf8NSl
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Pachypodium is a genus of succulent trees and shrubs native to Madagascar and other parts of Africa. Internationally, it is protected by CITES. This means that to be imported and exported between nations, special permits are required.
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Características morfológicas muy particulares de Pachypodium: 1) tronco paquicálido, 2) espinescencia, 3) savia.
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Pachypodium es un género de árboles y arbustos suculentos nativos de Madagascar y otras partes de África. A nivel internacional, el género está protegido por la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Flora y Fauna (CITES).
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The @IUCNRedList has been updated, the number of species at risk has exceeded 40,000 for the first time, but thanks to all the expert @IUCNssc volunteers working every day #ForNature we are on the right track to reduce this number. https://t.co/vIvY1yG9cS
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CSSG member Karen Clary with Yucca torreyi Shafer at Big Bend Ranch State Park.
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Raúl Puente, CSSG Red List Authority Coordinator, extracting live plant of Yucca intermedia from Sandy soils in northwest New Mexico. This and other yuccas are strongly rhizomatous and require extensive digging for successful transplant. 📷 Wendy Hodgson
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Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out - Lesson by CSSG Co-Chair Lucas Majure
NEW VIDEO: Discover the incredible adaptations that allow cacti to not only survive, but thrive, in some of the harshest climates on Earth: https://t.co/C5P8zH8zmY
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It’s so awesome to see this out and was such a pleasure working with the amazing Ted-Ed team to produce this!! #Cactaceae #spines
NEW VIDEO: Discover the incredible adaptations that allow cacti to not only survive, but thrive, in some of the harshest climates on Earth: https://t.co/C5P8zH8zmY
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