Laaiqah Jabar
Laaiqah Jabar is a Junior Research Fellow with the Global Risk Governance Programme. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from North-West University and is also a member of the IUCN SSC Southern African Plant Specialist Group, within the Sustainable Use Subgroup. Since 2015, her research has focused on aspects relating to the conservation, management, sustainable use and international trade (both licit and illicit) in South African ornamental succulents.
Recent Publications
Variawa, T., Pfab, M.F. & Jabar, L. & Mhlongo, N. 2026 (in review). The conservation status of Euphorbia globosa, a species exploited in international trade. African Biodiversity & Conservation.
Jabar, L., Siebert, S.J., Pfab, M.F. & Cilliers, D.P. 2024. Ecology, population biology and conservation status of Euphorbia schoenlandii Pax, an endemic to the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 170: 48-60.
Variawa, T., Pfab, M.F. & Jabar, L. 2023. Guide to the identification of succulent plant species included by South Africa in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Crouch, N., Ebrahim, I., Forsythe, K., Frantz, T., Jabar, L., Koopman, R., Mafuma, H., Meintjies, S., Pfab, M., Raimondo, D. & Variawa, T. 2022. National response strategy and action plan to address the illegal trade in South African succulent flora. South African National Biodiversity Institute & National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Pretoria.
Jabar, L., Siebert, S.J., Pfab, M.F. & Cilliers, D.P. 2021. Population biology and ecology of the Endangered Euphorbia susannae Marloth, an endemic to the Little Karoo, South Africa. Biodiversitas 22(10): 4583–4596.