{"id":2983,"date":"2019-07-01T07:40:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T07:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2019-07-12T08:54:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T08:54:49","slug":"international-day-of-the-tropics-29-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/international-day-of-the-tropics-29-june\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day of the Tropics 29 June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Tropics are a region of the Earth, roughly defined as the area between\nthe tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. Although topography and other\nfactors contribute to climatic variation, tropical locations are typically warm\nand experience little seasonal change in day-to-day temperature. An important\nfeature of the Tropics is the prevalence of rain in the moist inner regions\nnear the equator, and that the seasonality of rainfall increases with the\ndistance from the equator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tropics account for 40 per cent of the world\u2019s total surface area and\nare host to approximately 80 per cent of the world\u2019s biodiversity and much of\nits language and cultural diversity. The tropical region faces a number of\nchallenges such as climate change, deforestation, logging, urbanisation and\ndemographic changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts about the\nTropics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ecosystem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\n     Tropics host nearly 95% of the world\u2019s mangrove forests by area and 99% of\n     mangrove species. The area of mangrove forest has decreased in all\n     tropical regions since 1980.<\/li><li>The\n     Tropics have just over half of the world\u2019s renewable water resources\n     (54%), yet almost half their population is considered vulnerable to water\n     stress. <\/li><li>Biodiversity\n     is greater in the Tropics across most taxonomic groups, with an\n     equivalently higher proportion of threatened species. For those plants and\n     animals for which there are adequate data, loss of biodiversity is greater\n     in the Tropics than in the rest of the world.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Consistent\n     with the higher levels of poverty, more people experience undernourishment\n     in the Tropics than in the rest of the world. <\/li><li>The\n     proportion of the urban population living in slum conditions is higher in\n     the Tropics than in the rest of the World.<\/li><li>By 2050,\n     the region will host most of the world&#8217;s people and two-thirds of its\n     children.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Day of the Tropics celebrates the extraordinary diversity\nof the tropics while highlighting unique challenges and opportunities nations\nof the Tropics face. It provides an opportunity to take stock of progress\nacross the tropics, to share tropical stories and expertise and to acknowledge\nthe diversity and potential of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tropics are a region of the 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 change in day-to-day temperature. 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