How are wild orchids poached by evil speculators?

In recent years, the living conditions of orchid species have gone from bad to worse, and wild orchids, especially some rare wild orchids, are on the verge of extinction.

Luotian County, Hubei Province, known as the "hometown of wild orchids in China", is rich in wild orchid resources, with more than 654.38 billion wild orchids in the county. Lured by hype and huge profits, every March and April, You Lan and businessmen from all over the country are keen to go to Luotian to look for orchids. They bought it from farmers at a very low price, and then changed hands in big cities such as Wuhan and Guangzhou, obtaining a price difference of dozens or even hundreds of times.

The forestry department of Luotian County once arrested a gang that stole wild orchids, and seized more than 0/000 wild orchids/kloc-on a minivan full of wild orchids. The gang hired people to secretly dig wild orchids in the Dabie Mountains in Luotian, and then transported them for sale.

Crazy poaching destroyed a large number of wild orchids. Niu Shance, Ph.D., Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that among many stolen orchids, only the best orchids will be favored by buyers, while others will be discarded.

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Appreciate orchids and love orchids more, and protect wild orchids severely.

A gentleman loves orchids and rewards them properly. In recent years, China has paid more and more attention to the protection of wild orchid resources. In 20 18, China Wild Plant Protection Association, National Orchid Germplasm Resources Protection Center and 16 National Conservation Public Welfare Organization jointly launched the initiative of "protecting wild orchids and refusing to pick and dig indiscriminately", which received positive response from the society.

However, the current orchid market still lacks standardized management, and the orchid plant protection system still needs to be improved.

Protecting wild orchid resources, legal support is the cornerstone. The trade in wild orchids in China has not been banned. Although the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora lists wild orchids as protected plants, it is only at the level of international trade. The sale of wild orchids is still in a gray area, and it is not clear whether the sale of wild orchids is illegal.

Professor Fang Yuanping from the School of Biology and Agricultural Resources of Huanggang Normal University introduced that although the Regulations on the Protection of Wild Plants in People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Regulations on Nature Reserves in People's Republic of China (PRC) have been implemented for a long time, the contents are not detailed, and the illegal acts are lightly handled, with limited legal deterrent.

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