Wildlife meet opens in S.Africa aiming to save species Thousands of conservationists and top government officials start talks in Johannesburg aimed at thrashing out international trade regulations on elephant ivory, rhino horn and hundreds of endangered wild animals and plants. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of the opening press conference with Edna Molewa, South Africa Environment minister, John Scanlon, CITES' secretary general and Erik Solheim, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) chief.