PA 506: Policy Analysis and Alternatives Spring 2019 University of Illinois – Chicago Department of Public Administration, CUPPA Professor Agustina Laurito Assignment 4 Due: VIA BLACKBOARD ON March 20...

Running Head: POACHING OF ENDEMIC SUCCULENT PLANT OF CALIFORNIA    1
POACHING OF ENDEMIC SUCCULENT PLANT OF CALIFORNIA     2
PA 506: POLICY ANALYSIS AND ALTERNATIVES
SPRING 2019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – CHICAGO
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, CUPPA
ASSIGNMENT 4
POACHING OF RARE ENDEMIC SUCCULENT PLANT OF CALIFORNIA
Table of Contents
Overview    3
Problem Statement    3
Alternatives    3
Criteria    4
Analysis    5
Recommendation    6
Outcome matrix    7
References    8
Overview
    Poaching of rare succulent plants has become very common. The problem had come into notice in 2017. Since then, the cases are increasing. Poachers are targeting Dudleya, which is found mainly in California (Goodyear, 2019). This plant is sold at very high rates in Asian market. Killing of market is the best solution to control the poaching of this rare plants.
Problem Statement
    Poaching of wildlife animals has been the usual crime committed by greedy people without understanding the impact they cause on environment. Nowadays, plants poaching has given headache to the forest guards. Poaching of rare and endemic plants has created the stress on environment. Large number of plants when poached without equally replenishing the quantity put the plants in category of endangered species and increase the fear of getting extinct. California is facing poaching of its rare succulent plant called Dudleya.
This plant is found mostly in North America. This plant is unique in its appearance and have popularity in Asian market. The main problem of poaching of these succulents is that people work at individual level or freelancing which makes it hard to bust the entire racket unlike drug rackets where bursting of one or two members will burst the entire group. In recent years, mainly from 2017, number of plants smuggled has raised too high (Goodyear, 2019).
    The rate of the plant in Asian market is too much high. Asian people buy these plants to keep for decoration purpose. There is high popularity of succulents mainly rare species among Korean and Japanese population. The Dudleya species isn a wild roseate plant with silvery pink-tipped leaves. This unique look of the plant increases its market value.
Alternatives
    Poaching of succulent plants can be controlled by increasing the surveillance of all the material that are transported to the Asian market. The killing of market will help to decrease the value of plant, which ultimately reduce the poaching of plants at large quantity. The putting of fences at the area where plant grows and twenty-four hours security will further prevent people to poacher large number of plants. Heavy fine and suspension of passport of the caught individual must be levied. The poachers are mostly Asian people thus suspicious person must be allowed to investigate. All these are some of the alternatives which can control the poaching of succulent plants....