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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?
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Record: Submission #899
Gypohierax angolensis
Palm-nut Vulture
South Africa
LC
Least Concern
Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
not recorded
2022
6 months 3 weeks ago
Record: Submission #928
Pelargonium sidoides
Uvendle, iKhubalo, Rabassam, T'nami, Khoara-e-nyenyane, Kalwerbossie
South Africa
LC
Least Concern
Medicine and hygiene
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered sustainable
4 months ago
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