Proclamation of June 29th as International Day of the Tropics.
Marking the anniversary of launch of the State of the Tropics Report, the resolution A/RES/70/267 in 2016 of the United Nations General Assembly declared June 29th as International Day of the Tropics . 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.