The INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE TROPICS is an opportunity to celebrate the worldwide diversity of the tropics and ponder on the challenges the Tropics face
The INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE TROPICS is an
opportunity also to understand the multiple opportunities available to mankind
to benefit from the diversity and potential of the Tropics.
The concept of World Safe
ePay Day: -
World Safe ePay Day is an
abstract celebration, whereas World Blouse Day is more of a visual celebration.
Hence, advocating both World Safe
ePay Day and World Blouse Day.
As many folks reside in the
Tropics, Safe Digital Transactions allows the residents to be
involved in the region’s economic progress.
World Safe
ePay Day can be an
important occasion to raise awareness of secure electronic payments on a global
scale.
The World Safe ePay Day celebration can draw attention
to the significance of security and dependability in electronic payment systems
across the globe in a time when financial transactions are taking place more
and more online.
With economies all around the world shifting to digital transactions, strong
cybersecurity measures are becoming increasingly important.
World Safe
ePay Day will be a reminder
of the vital role that safe electronic payments play in building confidence and
trust among financial institutions, businesses, and consumers alike.
World Safe ePay Day is an opportunity to promotes ongoing progress in
securing financial transactions against cyber threats by endorsing improved
technology safeguards and best practices in digital security.
The Tropics
Ecosystem
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.
An important feature of the
Tropics is the prevalence of rain in the moist inner regions near the equator,
and the seasonality of rainfall increases with the distance from the
equator.
The tropical region faces several
challenges such as climate change, deforestation, logging, urbanization, and
demographic changes.
These challenges are common
across all regions of the world, and INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE TROPICS provides
an opportunity to focus on challenges faced by the Tropics.
The Human System
Tropical nations have made
significant progress but face a variety of challenges that demand focused
attention across a range of development indicators and data in order to achieve
sustainable development.
By 2050, the region will host
most of the world's people and two-thirds of its children.
Consistent with the higher levels
of poverty, more people experience undernourishment in the Tropics than in the
rest of the world.
The proportion of the urban
population living in slum conditions is higher in the Tropics than in the rest
of the World.
Background
The inaugural State of the
Tropics Report was launched on 29 June 2014, as the culmination of a
collaboration between twelve leading tropical research institutions.
The report offers a unique
perspective on this increasingly important region.
Marking the anniversary of the
report’s launch the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution
A/RES/70/267 in 2016, which declared that 29 June of each year is to be
observed as the International Day of the Tropics.
The International Day of the
Tropics was designated to raise awareness to the specific challenges faced by
tropical areas, the far-reaching implications of the issues affecting the
world’s tropical zone and the need, at all levels, to raise awareness and to
underline the important role that countries in the tropics will play in
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Understanding the Tropics
The tropics are a geographic area
of Earth roughly between the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of
Capricorn in the south.
This region is characterized by:
·
Warm temperatures year-round
·
Little seasonal variation in day-to-day
temperature
·
Significant rainfall, especially near the equator
·
Diverse and abundant plant and animal life
The tropics are home to some of
the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, including rainforests, coral reefs, and
mangrove swamps. These areas play a vital role in regulating the Earth’s
climate and supporting countless species.
The date of June 29 was chosen to
commemorate the anniversary of the first “State of the Tropics Report,”
launched in 2014 by Myanmar’s Nobel Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Did you know?
The Tropics host nearly 95% of
the world’s mangrove forests by area and 99% of mangrove species.
The Tropics have just over half
of the world’s renewable water resources (54%), yet almost half their
population is considered vulnerable to water stress.
Biodiversity is greater in the
Tropics – however, loss of biodiversity is also greater in the Tropics than in
the rest of the world.
Source: State of The Tropics 2021
#WeAreTheTropics
#TropicsDay
Women in the Amazon are
the Guardians of the Amazon
Protecting the forests of the
Colombian Amazon, while improving the living conditions of the communities that
inhabit them, is the mission of the Guardians of the Amazon.
Specifically devoted to
empowering Indigenous women to not only participate in – but become leaders of
– conservation and governance in their collective territories, Guardians of the
Amazon are supported by the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme.
The future belongs to the
Tropics
Why do we
celebrate International Days?
International
days and weeks are opportunities to educate the public on important subjects,
organize political will and resources to address global problems, and celebrate
and reinforce humanity's achievements.
International days precede
the founding of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as an
effective propaganda tool.
Read more about INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF THE TROPICS @ https://www.un.org/en/observances/tropics-day
Disclaimer: These are my thoughts only. The bottom line is
Spreading the Joy of Safe ePayments and one of the channels is World Safe
ePay Day.
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