:00:11. > :00:12.Good afternoon and welcome to Newsround with me, Naz.
:00:13. > :00:15.Today is the last day of the biggest ever meeting of the world's
:00:16. > :00:18.countries to talk about how to better protect wildlife,
:00:19. > :00:23.Jenny is in South Africa and sent us this.
:00:24. > :00:27.There has been a lot of attention on this big meeting
:00:28. > :00:30.to protect elephants, and that's because each
:00:31. > :00:32.year thousands of them are being illegally killed
:00:33. > :00:39.I went to meet some of the people trying to protect them and to see
:00:40. > :00:45.these incredible creatures for myself.
:00:46. > :00:53.This is the environment experts say they need,
:00:54. > :00:57.space to roam away from humans, who can be dangerous
:00:58. > :01:04.These beautiful elephants were not so easy to find.
:01:05. > :01:07.I have come to the north-east of South Africa, far away
:01:08. > :01:12.from the big cities and home to the famous Kruger National Park.
:01:13. > :01:14.We are setting off this morning for a game of hide-and-seek
:01:15. > :01:19.with a safari guide and a car and we have to be very patient,
:01:20. > :01:25.It is a massive area where South Africa's wild animals
:01:26. > :01:38.But strangely no sign of the one creature we had come looking for.
:01:39. > :01:42.We are back at the camp now and we have been out all day long
:01:43. > :01:45.and we have seen loads of animals, giraffes, lions, buffalo, warthog,
:01:46. > :02:02.Getting so close to incredible elephants like this is one
:02:03. > :02:04.of the most important ways South Africa believes
:02:05. > :02:09.It gives people a thrill and helps them really understand how
:02:10. > :02:17.For me, personally, elephants play a big role in the ecosystem,
:02:18. > :02:23.As they walk, with their big bodies, they clear pathways and make
:02:24. > :02:28.It is a really good example where you can see elephants
:02:29. > :02:32.de-barking a tree and you can see a beautiful tusk mark,
:02:33. > :02:35.and how they use the tusks to take off the bark.
:02:36. > :02:38.This will fall down eventually and create a whole new ecosystem
:02:39. > :02:44.One of the ways people hope to stop the illegal hunting and killing
:02:45. > :02:49.of elephants is to catch the people doing it, poachers.
:02:50. > :02:58.They are trained to snaffle out trouble and catch poachers.
:02:59. > :03:01.Once they are experts these dogs will be sent out on patrol
:03:02. > :03:07.to protect animals in the wild or find stolen ivory.
:03:08. > :03:09.The poaching problem in Africa as a whole is huge.
:03:10. > :03:13.It is all over Africa and elephant populations are suffering
:03:14. > :03:15.big time but the use of these working canines,
:03:16. > :03:18.working dogs, the poachers know we can track them
:03:19. > :03:22.and we will indicate the presence of them at night.
:03:23. > :03:27.Without anti-poaching efforts in Africa we will lose
:03:28. > :03:29.all of our wildlife, never mind just the elephant
:03:30. > :03:34.which is getting hammered now, but we will lose everything.
:03:35. > :03:38.Anti-poachers and rangers together hope to stop the crisis and keep
:03:39. > :03:48.these awesome creatures around for generations to come.
:03:49. > :03:51.Today is the last day of this big meeting here in Johannesburg.
:03:52. > :03:54.Everyone wants to help protect elephants but they can't always
:03:55. > :04:00.One suggestion, to put all elephants in the top group
:04:01. > :04:02.of protected animals, didn't happen as most
:04:03. > :04:05.countries didn't think that was the right idea.
:04:06. > :04:08.But one big announcement was a call for a ban on the buying
:04:09. > :04:11.and selling of all ivory, not just between countries
:04:12. > :04:17.Countries don't have to obey that, but elephant charities are really
:04:18. > :04:20.pleased this has happened, so some progress has been made
:04:21. > :04:23.but getting everyone to agree on the best way to save elephants
:04:24. > :04:27.and to stop poaching definitely isn't easy.
:04:28. > :04:30.Make sure you go online for our guide on everything
:04:31. > :04:32.about elephants and to see a baby elephant.
:04:33. > :04:42.So, from everyone here in Johannesburg, goodbye.
:04:43. > :04:48.Thanks, Jenny. Also on the website, you can check out the other stories,
:04:49. > :04:53.including the latest on hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean, and more
:04:54. > :04:58.on this massive dinosaur footprint found in the Gobi desert in Asia. We
:04:59. > :05:01.are back at 7:40am tomorrow. See you then. Bye-bye.