Introduction: A Tropical Lens
The landscape of the tropics is being viewed from a fresh tropical lens. This year, the United Nations declared 29 June the ‘International Day of the Tropics’ – a day dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the tropical regions of the world. The date is the anniversary of the launch of the...
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doaj-f728fd8053f643a7bdae768fd2cd3baa2020-11-25T02:35:48ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402016-12-0115210.25120/etropic.15.2.2016.3537Introduction: A Tropical LensAnita Lundberg0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-4715James Cook University SingaporeThe landscape of the tropics is being viewed from a fresh tropical lens. This year, the United Nations declared 29 June the ‘International Day of the Tropics’ – a day dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the tropical regions of the world. The date is the anniversary of the launch of the inaugural 'State of the Tropics 2014 report' by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the first major output of the State of the Tropics project which draws on the expertise of leading tropical institutions from around the world. The ‘International Day of the Tropics’ testifies to the growing awareness of the significance of the tropics for the entire globe. https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3537/3434tropicsununited nationsinternational day of the tropicstropical regionsaung san suu kyistate of the tropics |
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The landscape of the tropics is being viewed from a fresh tropical lens. This year, the United Nations declared 29 June the ‘International Day of the Tropics’ – a day dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the tropical regions of the world. The date is the anniversary of the launch of the inaugural 'State of the Tropics 2014 report' by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the first major output of the State of the Tropics project which draws on the expertise of leading tropical institutions from around the world. The ‘International Day of the Tropics’ testifies to the growing awareness of the significance of the tropics for the entire globe.
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