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Most of the disappearances will be in colder regions and most new ones will pop up in tropical areas.
NPR: Warming Will Create Micro-Climates, Scientists Say
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These diseases most commonly occur in tropical areas of the world.
CNN: Viral hemorrhagic fevers
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It donates grants to organisations in the UK and worldwide, and runs a forests programme targeted at avoiding deforestation in tropical areas in some of the world's poorest countries.
BBC: Support for 'Size of Wales' rainforest campaign
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Analyses of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans show a significant warming trend in tropical areas of the Northern Hemisphere, close to what is known as the thermal equator.
CNN: Warmer tropical waters portend climate change
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Lorises, which are nocturnal and carnivorous primates, are native to parts of South Asia and South East Asia, and live in tropical forest areas.
BBC: Men arrested hiding loris in underwear at Delhi airport
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Morinda citrifolia is a small, hardy tree that grows in sandy areas along tropical coasts (French Polynesia and Hawaii).
UNESCO: Natural Sciences
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The Mayangna have lived for centuries in the heart of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, in one of the last extensive areas of Central American tropical rainforest, which includes the BOSAWAS Biosphere Reserve.
UNESCO: Recognizing the value of indigenous knowledge for sustainable development | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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In the wild giant otters are found in remote areas within some freshwater lakes, rivers, creeks, and reservoirs of tropical South America.
BBC: The baby giant otters
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Neglected Tropical Diseases is an umbrella term for a range of bacterial, parasitic and worm infections which flourish in areas with poor water quality and inadequate sanitation.
BBC: Plan to cut burden of tropical disease
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According to the World Health Organisation, dengue is now endemic in more than 100 tropical and sub-tropical countries around the world, affecting some 50m people a year, mostly in urban or semi-urban areas.
ECONOMIST: Dengue fever
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Intent on savoring the tropical weather, Mr. Dean said he sought to create a place that unfolded in a succession of unique outdoor areas.
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