04/10/2016 Newsround

It's Naz here with Tuesday afternoon's Newsround.

First up, countries around the world are meeting in South Africa

to decide how to protect endangered animals like elephants.

Welcome to Johannesburg, one the biggest cities in South Africa.

Thousands of African elephants are being illegally killed

I've been spending the last week learning about these

I went to speak to school children who live close to nature reserves

where elephants live to see what they think about elephants,

what they feel about them being killed, and to answer your questions

about living near to nature's giants.

In Afrikaans, olifant means elephant.

These children live in Hoedspruit in South Africa.

Some classes are taken outside, a lot of their lessons involve

learning about animals, and even their awards

Their school is only 20 minutes away from nature reserves and loads

of incredible animals, including elephants,

It's not just the children here who are interested

They are popular around the world, including at this school

in the UK, who have even named their class after them.

And they've got some big questions for the children living

What's it like living near elephants?

It's nice because you get to see them a lot and you get

It's just very nice being around them and you can often hear them

Well, it's actually quite cool unless they start to wreck

What are the bad things about living around elephants?

They often rip up the water pipes, and we have solar panels

and they often like to stand on the solar panels.

We had a school tour for my class and we were actually

Luckily the bus was able to get away.

I don't find that they're really bad because it's not their fault

that they need food, they need water or want to defend

themselves because they feel like you're threatening them.

How do elephants show their feelings?

It's noises and grumbling but also body language.

When an elephant is angry or scared, its tail will go up like this.

I'm sad and annoyed about elephants and how they are poached.

Mainly disappointed that people would kill the animals for money.

I just hate the fact they are getting poached,

Poachers, all they really want are their tusks because they use it

to make ivory and stuff so you are killing an endangered

animal which is part of the big five for no reason.

It makes me feel sad but angry at the same time.

How would you feel if elephants died out?

It would make me feel sad because in the future other people

I think if any animal becomes extinct, the world becomes

I think all animals have a role in nature.

I love how important they are to the environment.

They mean a lot to me because they are just so amazing,

I like them because they sort of seem very wise,

I don't know, they just seem to know everything.

There's loads more online - take a look at our special guide

about elephants and the ivory trade, and you can also find

out what you can tell about an elephant from its poo.

Tomorrow you will see me trying to find elephants in the wild and

meeting dogs working to protect them.

Next, the most powerful hurricane in the Caribbean in more than 100

Weather forecasters say Hurricane Matthew has brought winds

of up to 140 miles per hour and heavy rain.

Lots of people have been told to leave their homes.

It's forecast to sweep over Cuba and the Bahamas later, and it

Newsround is back at 7.40am tomorrow with Leah.