00:00Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, we have somebody very, very special who's going to be entertaining
00:07you in his own way.
00:10He's a famous person, flown all the way from South Africa, and I'd like to introduce you
00:19to a very, very special man who's been involved in conservation, in protection of animals,
00:26looking after people who've been doing illegal things.
00:30This man is famous not only in South Africa, but across the world.
00:34Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Mr. Ivan Karna.
00:40Nothing like chasing the elephant through the swamp.
00:44Whenever humans and wildlife are in conflict, wildlife never wins.
00:51If that doesn't chase an elephant, nothing will in the swamp chase me.
01:06My name is Ivan Karna.
01:11Through this series, my goal is to show people the many threats to wildlife, but equally
01:16to highlight the champions of conservation, the people who invest personally in a system
01:20or species and secure its future.
01:32We're sitting here with one of the rarest animals on the planet that's pretty oblivious
01:35to us.
01:37Look at physiologically how incredible these animals are designed.
01:41Big strong front claws for digging, and then of course covered in scales except for his
01:46belly.
01:48Vultures are an animal that are also facing what we call a silent extinction.
01:53We're heading to the Muti market to see what sort of products they're selling.
01:56This is where it gets a little bit rougher, so we're just going to be filming under the
01:59radar.
02:06On our left is one of the driest deserts in the whole world.
02:13Weeks of wildlife, just an unbelievable ecosystem.
02:23While on our quest for hope, we experience firsthand the tough men and women on the very
02:29front line of the conservation movement.
02:32If the apex predator is healthy, it's an indicator that the whole food pyramid is healthy
02:42and that's a good thing.
02:52There is nothing as impressive as the fury of an ocean, and yet as powerful and angry
02:58as an ocean can be, it's also incredibly full of life.
03:12That's a good feeling right there.
03:19I just hope that this inspires other people to do the same thing, to take the same initiatives,
03:23to engage with communities, to engage with landowners, and if we can do that and regenerate
03:30healthy ecosystems, truly it's not the setting sun of wildlife, it's the rising sun and the
03:36future is very bright.
03:48Are we good to go?
03:49Well, folks, thank you so much for being here, and I think I want to ask you to give yourselves
03:54a round of applause.
03:55There's not one single person in this room that doesn't care about conservation.
04:01There's not one single person in this room that hasn't taken time out of their schedule
04:05to get here and enjoy this great meal and watch a whole bunch of jackrabbits getting
04:10bludgeoned to death.
04:12I mean, where else on the planet can somebody do such a good job of putting everybody in
04:19the same room from opposite ends of the conservation spectrum?
04:23So I wanted to just start thinking, what is conservation?
04:29What is the definition of that?
04:30We've used that word a lot this week.
04:32People have been talking about it, but I think very often we don't sit and think about
04:36what that really means.
04:38Is conservation the conserving of a herd of elephant?
04:41Yes, it is.
04:42Is conservation the protecting of an ecosystem with an anti-poaching team?
04:47Absolutely, it is.
04:49All of these things are conservation, but I think when you really get down to it, one
04:53of the very best definitions that I've ever heard is that conservation is the wise use,
05:00the wise sustainable use of our resources in a way that the entire ecosystem is conserved.
05:08Because if we just focus on elephant and that elephant starts to multiply and suddenly you've
05:15got 10 elephants, then you've got 10,000 elephants, and if you're only focusing on elephants,
05:20you might start applauding your efforts only to find that the elephants have destroyed
05:24the rest of the ecosystem.
05:27Balance is absolutely crucial, and balance is something that Trammell is very, very good
05:33at doing by bringing people together from these opposite ends of the spectrum.
05:38I think that it's absolutely brilliant what happens here, and we are very, very proud
05:43to use the EarthX TV platform to further the reach so the thousands of people and the tens
05:51of thousands of conservation conversations that have happened here in this room over
05:56the last six or seven days, the months and months of planning for it, those conversations
06:04are amplified by our ability to put that into, what is it today, 80 million homes, 46 million
06:12homes here in North America, 22 million homes, 46 million homes worldwide.
06:21So we're taking a, whatever, there's a whole bunch more than the jackrabbits, more than
06:25the jackrabbits.
06:27But what the point is, is the brilliance of taking these messages on a platform that's
06:33this environmental platform where many, many of the other platforms that started off as
06:39environmental platforms have ended up being reality TV, and it's fake reality, there's
06:45fake conflict, there's always the underdog who's the new guy on the block that's not
06:50doing the right thing, and you know, that stuff's not real.
06:54What happens on EarthX TV is very, very real.
06:57It's relevant, it's up to date, and it's real, and we're very proud to have this platform
07:03on which to play it, and I think one of the things that we need to cultivate more is the
07:09next generation of conservationists, and so I'd like to ask for a video right now and
07:15to introduce somebody who is from the next generation of conservationists.
07:19If you could play the video, please.
07:24My name's Brooke Carter, and I'm a conservationist.
07:29I've had some incredible experiences filming for Wild Wonders with Brooke.
07:34Am I turned up?
07:35There we go.
07:36And then you can grab those and throw them right into his mouth up there.
07:40No, get close.
07:41This is an amber mountain chameleon, and this species is endemic to this very forest, so
07:46if we lose this forest, we lose all the little creatures that go along with it.
07:53Oh my goodness.
07:57We're going to try and get her into the shade as quick as possible because it's quite hot today.
08:08Breakfast is served.
08:11Now that the crates are here and the lion's ready to go, we're going to put him on a stretcher
08:15and so we can send him on his way.
08:17Every time I get introduced to a new species and learn about a new ecosystem and the threats
08:22they're facing, and it makes me wonder, are they going to be okay in the future?
08:35All right, go for it.
08:37Nice.
08:45Not a lot of kids are into conservation, but I've had a lot of amazing opportunities, opportunities
08:56that will hopefully help other children to be very interested in the ecosystems and wildlife
09:01around them.
09:05Our planet's in trouble.
09:07This is the time that the next generation really needs to get engaged.
09:11Our planet needs every single conservationist.
09:15And my hope is that when kids watch my show, that they're inspired to look after our wildlife
09:20and get more involved in the outdoors.
09:22But the one thing that I'm really looking forward to is turning 13.
09:31Hello everyone.
09:33I don't know if it's working.
09:39Go.
09:44Well, hello everyone.
09:46My name's Brooke Carter, as you just saw.
09:49I'm 12 years old, soon to be 13, as you also just saw.
09:53But I'm really excited to be sharing one of my favourite things today with everyone here,
09:59conservation.
10:01Because sadly, these days, not many kids are very involved in conservation and that kind of role.
10:08And so sometimes I feel like I've got a personal responsibility to encourage new and other
10:15members of my generation to just look up from their screens and notice the absolutely beauty
10:21of all of the wonders of the world.
10:24And always get engaged.
10:28And I would like to also ask to all the conservationists out there, on behalf of my generation, please,
10:34please, please, work together.
10:37It is not a competition.
10:39If we work together to find sustainable solutions, then one day when it is our turn to take over,
10:45we're going to have so much wildlife and much healthier ecosystems.
10:50I would also like to ask for your favour.
10:54Take a moment to look around you and find a kid like me to inspire.
10:59And if we each inspire one kid each year to love conservation, our planet will truly have hope.
11:07In my travels filming for Wild Wonders with Brooke, I've been absolutely amazed by some
11:13of these incredible creatures that I've met.
11:16And over the last three seasons, we've travelled to over 30 different ecosystems and met with
11:23the heroes of those landscapes and some of the creatures that they're working very,
11:27very hard to research and protect.
11:30And so I thought I would show a clip of one of my favourite moments.
11:45Madagascar is huge and some of the strange and specialised creatures that live there.
11:53So that was in Madagascar.
12:02We had to go in the caves full of guano and then we went in the caves of limestone.
12:07We saw chameleons, bats.
12:10It's actually a really cool ecosystem in those caves as well when the bats come in
12:14from eating the fruit outside.
12:16Then the cockroaches feed on the bat poop and then the black widow spiders feed on the
12:20cockroaches.
12:22If everyone who attends Earth Day can leave with new energy, new contacts and additional
12:29resources, our generation will be all set to inherit the most beautiful planet with
12:36the very truly healthy biodiversity.
12:40As I close for the evening, I'd like to thank EarthX TV and Trammell personally for
12:45inviting me here.
12:47Thank you all for being here.
12:49I would also like to invite you to follow EarthX TV and me, Brooke Carter, on Instagram
12:56to have daily updates about things that truly matter.
13:17And so really when you think about it, what greater investment in conservation can we
13:22have than the next generation?
13:24And I always love the quote, as important as it is to leave good kids for the planet,
13:31it's very important to leave a good planet for our kids.
13:34And so let's take that to heart.
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