UK conservationists and eBay team up against plant poaching

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Traffic, an NGO dedicated to protecting wild species, said they are teaming up with eBay because most sales now occur via online marketplaces and social media. The joint initiative will "develop a blueprint" for eBay to strengthen its trading policies for the sale of plants and to prevent illegal sales, with work underway to engage other platforms. It follows what the conservationists said has been a sharp rise in illegal harvesting of wild plants, such as succulents, for global sales.