State of the Tropics 2020 Report
An in-depth, impartial assessment of the Tropics as an environmental and geopolitical entity in its own right.
3.3
billion
Almost half the world's population lives in the Tropics
80
percent
More than 80% of the worlds biodiversity is tropical
82
percent
The vast majority (82%) of the world's living languages are spoken in the Tropics
85
percent
Eight five percent of the poorest people in the world live in the Tropics
International Day of the Tropics
In 2016 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 29th June as International Day of the Tropics.
Project Partners
Current members of the State of the Tropics Alliance
Escuela Superior Politiecnica Del Litorial (ESPOL)
The National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA)
James Cook University
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Mahidol University
Nanyang Technological University
Organization for Tropical Studies
University of Hawaii Manoa
University of Nairobi
University of Papua New Guinea
University of the South Pacific