Most former British colonies are characterised by glaring land inequalities. Such sad status was part of the agenda during the recent UN conference against racism and related intolerances.

Support for an international effort to save the Earth's remaining great apes was pledged Tuesday by the government of the United Kingdom in a move welcomed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Governments of Europe and North America meeting yesterday to plan the agenda
for next year's United Nations Earth Summit in Johannesburg agreed they will
not go beyond pledges made at the last Earth Summit in 1992.

Environment and Tourism Permanent Secretary Tangeni Erkana has resigned from his post in unclear circumstances.

Two areas in the Kunene region at Puros and Ehirovipuka have been earmarked by the government for conservation. Five percent of the country's land now falls under government conservation efforts.