Ward, Simon
Sharing the spotlight: Rhino battle could turn the tide of sustainable use war
1997
"In 1992 Dr. Mostafa Tolba, then executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, warned CITES that it was channeling so much energy into the elephant debate it was moving 'dangerously close to being a one-species show'. Now the elephant must share the spotlight with another species of 'charismatic megafauna', the southern white rhino, and if history chooses to repeat itself, this bodes well for the whole debate over sustainable use.

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