28-09-2016 12:43 via theguardian.com

Let's put endangered plants in the spotlight | Robbie Blackhall-Miles

It’s time we started shouting about illegal sales of endangered plants: it’s just as barbaric as the ivory tradeWhen you think of the illegal trade in endangered species what do you envisage? Rhino horn? Elephant tusks? Coral maybe? The world’s media feeds us images of tiger skins, turtle shells, mounds of ivory being burned and rhinos shot and bloodied with their horns removed - it’s no wonder you think of these things.Continue reading...
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