June 29th is International Tropics Day
International Tropics Day is celebrated annually on June 29 and seeks to highlight the importance of the Tropics region for ecosystems and human life by celebrating its extraordinary diversity, while highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities that tropical nations face.
Located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, this area occupies 40% of the Earth's total surface and is responsible for 80% of the world's biodiversity. Unfortunately, this region, in addition to suffering from climate change, also suffers severely from human intervention such as deforestation, logging, urbanization, and demographic pressure.
The International Day of the Tropics was proclaimed through the Resolution 70/267 adopted at the United Nations General Assembly on 14 June 2016.
The Creation of This Day
International Tropics Day is celebrated annually on June 29th. The first official celebration took place in 2017. This day is dedicated to assessing progress, sharing experiences, and recognizing the biodiversity, resources, and potential of the tropical region.
It was officially established by United Nations General Assembly on 14 June 2016, based on the first State of the Tropics Report, presented on 29 June 2014.
The Report was prepared by 12 leading research institutions specializing in tropical issues and presented to the United Nations General Assembly by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
Marking the anniversary of the report's release, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/267 in 2016, declaring that 29 June each year would be observed as the International Day of the Tropics.
This day was designated to raise awareness of the specific challenges faced by tropical areas, the far-reaching implications of issues affecting the world's tropical zone, and the need, at all levels, to emphasize the important role that countries in the tropics will play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Ecosystem of the Tropics
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The Tropics are a region of Earth, roughly defined as the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Although topography and other factors contribute to climatic variation, tropical locations are typically warm and experience little seasonal variation in daily temperature.
An important feature of the Tropics is the prevalence of rainfall in the humid interior regions near the equator, with the seasonality of rainfall increasing with distance from the equator.
The Human System in the Tropics
Tropical nations have made significant progress, but they face a variety of challenges that require particular attention focused on various development indicators to achieve sustainable development.
- By 2050, the region will be home to the majority of the world's population and two-thirds of the world's children.
- Consistent with the higher levels of poverty, the likelihood that more people experience undernourishment in the Tropics than in the rest of the world is quite high.
- The proportion of the urban population living in subhuman conditions is higher in the Tropics than in the rest of the world.
Fun Facts about the Tropics
- The Tropics are home to almost 95% of the world's mangrove forests by area and 99% of mangrove species.
- Despite having just over half of the world's renewable water resources (54%), almost half of its population is considered vulnerable to water stress.
- The Tropics represent 40% of the world's total surface area and are home to approximately 80% of the world's biodiversity.
- Although biodiversity in the Tropics is the greatest on the planet, biodiversity loss is also greater than in the rest of the world.
Conclusion
International Tropics Day is a crucial opportunity to reflect on the importance of this region for the planet. Recognizing its biodiversity, the challenges, and the unique opportunities the Tropics present is essential to promoting a sustainable and balanced future.
Global awareness and collective effort are vital to address the environmental and social issues affecting this important and unique region of the planet.
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