I kēia mau lā, ua ʻae ʻia mākou e ka State Forestry and Grassland Administration e lawe aku i 20,000 cycads i Turkey. Ua mahi ʻia nā mea kanu a ua helu ʻia ma ka Appendix I o ka Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). E hoʻouna ʻia nā mea kanu cycad i Turkey i nā lā e hiki mai ana no nā kumu like ʻole e like me ka hoʻonaninani māla, nā papahana hoʻolālā ʻāina a me nā papahana noiʻi kula.

ʻO Cycad revoluta kahi mea kanu cycad maoli no Iapana, akā ua hoʻolauna ʻia i nā ʻāina a puni ka honua no kāna waiwai nani. ʻImi ʻia ka mea kanu no kona mau lau nani a me ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana, e kaulana ai ia ma nā ʻoihana ʻoihana a me nā ʻāina pilikino.

Eia nō naʻe, ma muli o ka nalowale ʻana o ka noho ʻana a me ka ʻohi nui ʻana, ʻo ka cycads kekahi ʻano mea make a ua hoʻoponopono ʻia kā lākou kālepa ma lalo o ka CITES Appendix I. e ka State Forestry and Grassland Administration he ʻike i ka pono o kēia ʻano hana.

ʻO ka hoʻoholo a ka State Forestry and Grassland Administration e ʻae i ka lawe ʻana aku i kēia mau mea kanu e hōʻike ana i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka mahiʻai ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano mea kanu e hoʻopau ʻia, he hana koʻikoʻi ia no mākou. Aia mākou ma mua o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea kanu make, a ua lilo mākou i ʻoihana alakaʻi i ke kālepa honua o nā mea kanu nani. Loaʻa iā mākou ka manaʻo paʻa i ka hoʻomau ʻana a ua ulu ʻia kāna mau mea kanu a pau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano pili i ke kaiapuni. E hoʻomau mākou i ka hana o nā hana hoʻomau i ke kālepa honua i nā mea kanu mea kanu.