Curbing Ivory Trade Requires Curbing of Foreign Demand

Effectively reducing the killing of African elephants and rhinoceroses depends more on curbing the foreign demand for tusks and horn than on localized national endeavors to combat poachers. China is cooperating with African nations, but more must be done to abate the cultural appetite for ivory.

Robert I. Rotberg Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1S3ySL1