The Rhino Issue Management team (RIM) wishes to acknowledge the invaluable contribution made by everyone who participated in the RIM process. The process benefitted from some of the most informed thinking on sustainable rhino species conservation; on durable protection strategies; and, not least, on the complex issues attendant to upon rhino commerce and trade. Expert information and documents were generously shared and opinions given - always with the passion and selflessness one has come to associate with nature lovers and conservationists.