We may declare ourselves to be conservationists - to want to preserve their natural environments and yet each and every one of us who keeps plants in terrariums, greenhouses and windowsills is a collector; poaching by proxy and helping sustain the illegal harvest of plants by creating the demand for them. The world at large doesn't know about cephalotus, only a small percentage of people who are interested in CPs. We need to point the finger back at us and admit that we create the problem that we profess to be against. Once we accept this, we can hopefully start to come up with answers on how to make the natural sites available to all and instill in people the desire to be satisfied with admiring without needing to possess.
Could not have put it better myself, thank you for putting into words what I could not. My thoughts after thinking about this for a while is that people who are in the business of poaching for profit will find these sites no matter what anyway. I believe the benefit of education through these videos outweighs the risk. I also think the high price for cephalotus encourages poaching because these are not rare in cultivation, can puchase easily for a hefty price...and maybe this is what should be addressed as one means to protect them in the wild.
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