When plants are removed from their natural habitat, it can lead to a rapid decline in numbers, especially if the species has a slow growth rate or low reproductive success. · poaching can eliminate key species that perform these functions, leading to a decline in plant diversity and overall ecosystem health. Learn more about plant poaching : Join the garden in a global campaign to stop plant poaching and protect plants for future generations. · plant poaching is illegal—and on the rise. The combination of covid-related impacts on rural livelihoods, access to markets via social media platforms and a huge global increase in gardening as a hobby due to lockdown has resulted in a surge in illegal harvesting of plants from the wild. · millions of plants have been illegally dug from this area, resulting in the functional extinction of at least eight species, with hundreds more species being pushed toward the same fate. Removing plants from their native habitats endangers species and harms ecosystems. · poaching directly reduces the population size of targeted plant species. Hundreds of thousands of confiscated plants languish in greenhouses across south africa. Once again, this will have a knock-on effect on other animal and insect species, which will have consequences for the entire ecosystem. Plant poaching appears to be on the rise. · plant poaching involves the illegal removal of rare and endangered plants from their natural habitats. For example, certain birds and bats are crucial pollinators for specific plant species. · when big animals like rhinos and elephants are removed from the ecosystem, some trees and other plants , usually cut by these big herbivores, will overgrow. Illegal plant poaching can occur on government land or on private property when plants are taken without regard to laws and regulations which have been created for the plants ’ protection.
