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Since 1993 the BCSS has supported projects designed to aid the conservation of cacti and succulents. Through the generous contribution of its members grants have been given to workers on a worldwide basis. The threats that plants face in their native countries are many and various and much more could be done if sufficient funds were available. Below is a list of all the projects supported to date. If you would like to contribute to thie effort you can do so by making a donation through PayPal. It doesn't matter how small this donation is - everything helps.

Checklist of projects so far financed by the BCSS Conservation Committee

Date Led by Description

1993 Oct Cape Nature Protect Saphesia flaccida in Riverlands Nature Reserve by clearing alien vegetation

1994 Apr Kirstenbosch Replant Gasteria baylissiana into habitat at Oudekraal

1994 Oct Glass Warden to protect Gymnocactus ysabelae, near Tula, Mexico

1995 Aug Ostolaza Rescue plants from Lima shanty town development

1996 Aug Pretoria Bot.Inst. Re-establishment of Aloe suzannae into habitat in Madagascar

1996 Sep Ostolaza Collection of threatened plants (part funded with other organisations)

1997 Sep Ostolaza Survey the needs of cacti in the Pisco, Ica & Nazca valleys

1998 May Pritchard Assessment of Euphorbia polycephala in Cradock, E Cape, South Africa

1998 Dec Areces Malleas Survey of the succulent flora of NW Haiti and the Dominican Republic

1998 Dec National Bot.Inst.* Five aloes project: reintroduction into the wild *Cape Town

1999 Feb Van Jaarsveld Progress report on Gasteria baylissiana replanting project of 1994

1999 May Ostolaza Rescue Haageocereus tenuis & H.repens from irrigation & farming projects

1999 Nov Kiesling Study the conservation needs of Trichocereus smrzianus & Lobivia walteri

1999 Nov Van Jaarsveld Further clearance of alien vegetation threatening Saphesia flaccida

2000 Jun Stegman Fencing the habitat of Euphorbia obesa & other sp. on a farm at Willowmore, South Africa

2000 Dec Kiesling Survey of the population of Lobivia pugionocantha in Argentina

2001 Feb Arias Montes Fencing at Pozos, Guanajuato, Mexico, to designate land ownership & protect the population of M. albiflora

2001 Jun Ostolaza Survey of cactus distribution in the San Juan river basin, S of Lima, Peru

2001 Sep Sotomayor Reseeding of Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. andersonii & T jauernigii habitats

2001 Oct Kiesling Survey & gather seeds of Yavia cryptocarpa, for ex situ propagation in Europe

2001 Nov Oakman Survey Aloe perryi & Duvaliandra dioscoridis in Socotra

2002 May Ostolaza Survey of the cactus populations of the Huaura river valley, N of Lima, Peru

2003 Jun Machado Fencing Melocactus conoideus habitat, Bahia, Brazil, with local municipality involvement

2003 Aug Ostolaza Second survey of the cacti of the Huaura river valley

2003 Oct González-Torres Melocactus actinocanthus population survey and replanting

2004 Mar Vlok Fencing of the habitat of Bijlia dilatata on a farm in South Africa

2005 Mar González-Torres Establishing a Cuban Workshop for the conservation of native cacti

2005 Sep Newton Tissue culture programme of Aloe secundiflora, for medical applications

2005 Oct Gonzalez-Torres Survey & protection plan for 3 CE (Critically Endangered) species of Leptocereus nr. Havana, Cuba

2006 Mar Stephenson Rescue of Sempervivum species from a dam site in Turkey

2006 Mar Ostolaza Survey of the cactus populations of the Cañete river valley, S of Lima

Checklist of projects so far financed by the BCSS Conservation Committee
Date	Led by	Description
1993 Oct	Cape Nature	Protect Saphesia flaccida in Riverlands Nature Reserve by clearing alien vegetation
1994 Apr	Kirstenbosch	Replant Gasteria baylissiana into habitat at Oudekraal
1994 Oct	Glass	Warden to protect Gymnocactus ysabelae, near Tula, Mexico
1995 Aug	Ostolaza	Rescue plants from Lima shanty town development
1996 Aug	Pretoria Bot.Inst.	Re-establishment of Aloe suzannae into habitat in Madagascar
1996 Sep	Ostolaza	Collection of threatened plants (part funded with other organisations)
1997 Sep	Ostolaza	Survey the needs of cacti in the Pisco, Ica & Nazca valleys
1998 May	Pritchard	Assessment of Euphorbia polycephala in Cradock, E Cape, South Africa
1998 Dec	Areces Malleas	Survey of the succulent flora of NW Haiti and the Dominican Republic
1998 Dec	National Bot.Inst.*	Five aloes project: reintroduction into the wild *Cape Town
1999 Feb	Van Jaarsveld	Progress report on Gasteria baylissiana replanting project of 1994
1999 May	Ostolaza	Rescue Haageocereus tenuis & H.repens from irrigation & farming projects
1999 Nov	Kiesling	Study the conservation needs of Trichocereus smrzianus & Lobivia walteri
1999 Nov	Van Jaarsveld	Further clearance of alien vegetation threatening Saphesia flaccida
2000 Jun	Stegman	Fencing the habitat of Euphorbia obesa & other sp. on a farm at Willowmore, South Africa
2000 Dec	Kiesling	Survey of the population of Lobivia pugionocantha in Argentina
2001 Feb	Arias Montes	Fencing at Pozos, Guanajuato, Mexico, to designate land ownership & protect the population of M. albiflora
2001 Jun	Ostolaza	Survey of cactus distribution in the San Juan river basin, S of Lima, Peru
2001 Sep	Sotomayor	Reseeding of Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. andersonii & T jauernigii habitats
2001 Oct	Kiesling	Survey & gather seeds of Yavia cryptocarpa, for ex situ propagation in Europe
2001 Nov	Oakman	Survey Aloe perryi & Duvaliandra dioscoridis in Socotra
2002 May	Ostolaza	Survey of the cactus populations of the Huaura river valley, N of Lima, Peru
2003 Jun	Machado	Fencing Melocactus conoideus habitat, Bahia, Brazil, with local municipality involvement
2003 Aug	Ostolaza	Second survey of the cacti of the Huaura river valley
2003 Oct	González-Torres	Melocactus actinocanthus population survey and replanting
2004 Mar	Vlok	Fencing of the habitat of Bijlia dilatata on a farm in South Africa
2005 Mar	González-Torres	Establishing a Cuban Workshop for the conservation of native cacti
2005 Sep	Newton	Tissue culture programme of Aloe secundiflora, for medical applications
2005 Oct	Gonzalez-Torres	Survey & protection plan for 3 CE (Critically Endangered) species of Leptocereus nr. Havana, Cuba
2006 Mar	Stephenson	Rescue of Sempervivum species from a dam site in Turkey
2006 Mar	Ostolaza	Survey of the cactus populations of the Cañete river valley, S of Lima

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