All Points of the Compass at CSUF highlights geographers’ work

For Lilia Illes, the compass pointed to South Africa, where as many as 1,000 rhinos are being killed by poachers each year for their horns.
Rhino horns are a valuable commodity in China and parts of Vietnam, where they are mistakenly believed to have medicinal properties — as a cure for cancer or aphrodisiac — or are mixed with cocaine or ibuprofen as a party drug, Illes, an adjunct geography professor at Cal State Fullerton told the audience at the All Points of the Compass event No