Editing Galanthus (section)

==Conservation==

Some snowdrop species are threatened in their wild [[habitats]], due to [[habitat destruction]], illegal collecting, and [[climate change]].{{sfn|Ronsted et al.|2013}} In most countries collecting bulbs from the wild is now illegal. Under [[CITES]] regulations, international trade in any quantity of ''Galanthus'', whether bulbs, live plants, or even dead ones, is illegal without a CITES permit.{{sfn|CITES Convention}} This applies to hybrids and named cultivars, as well as species. CITES lists all species, but allows a limited trade in wild-collected bulbs of just three species (''G. nivalis'', ''G. elwesii'', and ''G. woronowii'') from Turkey and Georgia.{{sfn|Bishop et al.|2001|pp=341–343}} A number of species are on the [[IUCN]] [[Red List]] of threatened species, with the [[conservation status]] being ''G. trojanus'' as [[critically endangered]],<ref>{{Cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164902/5937668|title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date=2018-10-28}}</ref> four species [[vulnerable species|vulnerable]], ''G. nivalis'' is [[near threatened]]<ref>{{Cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162168/5551773|title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date=2018-10-28}}</ref> and several species show decreasing populations.{{sfn|Ronsted et al.|2013}} ''G. panjutinii'' is considered [[endangered species|endangered]]. One of its five known sites, at [[Sochi]], was destroyed by preparations for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=RBGpanj/>