Illegal trade contributes to placing cacti among world’s most threatened species

5 octubre 2015

Thirty-one percent of cactus species are threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive, global assessment of the species group. This places cacti among the most threatened taxonomic groups assessed on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — more threatened than mammals and birds.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151005121029.htm

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