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South Africa's ancient cycad plants under threat from poachers [1]

They are 340 million years old, outlived the dinosaurs and survived mass extinction in three global catastrophes.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2014
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Biodiversity [3], South Africa [4], Illegal Trade [5], Flora [6], Africa [7]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa