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RSS FeedsIllegal Trade Placing Pindos Wild Orchids at Risk, Scientists Warn
(WorldNews Greece)

 
 

17 october 2018 18:25:59

 
Illegal Trade Placing Pindos Wild Orchids at Risk, Scientists Warn
(WorldNews Greece)
 


Overharvesting to meet skyrocketing demand in Turkey and elsewhere is placing the endemic wild orchid population in Pindos, northwestern Greece at risk, according to a team of scientists studying the flowers. A key ingredient for the production of salep, a popular sweet drink, and Turkey’s mastic ice cream dondurma, the dried orchid is now fetching prices as high as 90-120 euros per kilo on the black market. “The wild...


 
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