Tuesday 29th June, 2021: The Executive Secretary of the International Centre for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and Languages, (CERDOTOLA), Prof. Charles Binam-Bikoi, joined the United Nations, (UN), and people in the world in celebrating the International Day of Tropics.

International Day of Tropics is celebrated every 29th June as was proclaimed by UN.

The day, which was earmarked by the United Nations to commemorate the extraordinary diversity of the tropical nations while highlighting unique challenges and opportunities, nations of the Tropics face.

In an exclusive interview with the Executive Secretary of CERDOTOLA, Prof. Binam-Bikoi, commended the efforts of the UN at striving for the unity, peace, and harmony of the entire world by highlighting some important days for celebration in order to bring about equality to bear in the entire world.

He described “the uniqueness of tropical countries which comprises most of the African Nations as special privilege ordained by the super natural-being (God Almighty),” adding that the future belongs to the tropics, as tropical nations have made significant progress but face a variety of challenges that needed serious attention across a range of development indicators as well as data collation in order to achieve sustainable development.

He urged “the tropical nations to look beyond the several challenges facing them such as; climate change, deforestation, logging, urbanization and demographic changes, undernourishments,” but be determined for the growth and development of their respective nations.

He added that, though the tropics have over half of the world’s renewable water resources (54% to be specific), yet almost half of 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.