Among tropical nations, Brazil probably has the world's best monitoring of deforestation activity.

Among its functions are the maintenance of lists of plant pests, tracking of pest outbreaks, and coordination of technical assistance between member nations.

Among his diplomatic achievements were treaties of reciprocity with a number of nations, including Denmark, Mexico, the Hanseatic League, the Scandinavian countries, Prussia and Austria.

Among Japheth ’ s descendants were the maritime nations.

Among the nations in which divorce has become commonplace are the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Scandinavia, and the United Kingdom.

Among other effects, termination resulted in the legal dismantling of 61 tribal nations within the United States and ending their recognized relationships with the federal government.

Juárez's famous quotation continues to be well-remembered in Mexico: " Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz ", meaning " Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.

Among the specific principles advocated in the statement are the right of self-determination for peoples and nations and the importance of due process and dissent.

Among his first actions, Ogedei sent troops to subjugate the Bashkirs, Bulgars, and other nations in the Kipchak-controlled steppes.

Among the more important legislative changes with which he was principally connected were a reform of the Navigation Acts, admitting other nations to a full equality and reciprocity of shipping duties ; the repeal of the labor laws ; the introduction of a new sinking fund ; the reduction of the duties on manufactures and on the importation of foreign goods, and the repeal of the quarantine duties.

Among other things, it ended the first phase of the West Florida Controversy, a dispute between the two nations over the boundaries of the Spanish colony of West Florida.

Among the historical nations, the Chattahoochee served as a dividing line between the Muscogee ( Creek ) ( to the east ) and the Cherokee territories ( to the west ) in the Southeast.

Among many Slavic nations, most notably in Russia, a harvest custom persisted of cutting the first ear of wheat and tying it in a sort of amulet which protected the harvest from evil spirits.

* 2008 In preparation for the 34th G8 summit, the national science academies of the G8 + 5 nations issued a declaration reiterating the position of the 2005 joint science academies ’ statement, and reaffirming “ that climate change is happening and that anthropogenic warming is influencing many physical and biological systems .” Among other actions, the declaration urges all nations to “( t ) ake appropriate economic and policy measures to accelerate transition to a low carbon society and to encourage and effect changes in individual and national behaviour .” The thirteen signatories were the same national science academies that issued the 2007 joint statement.

Among the many lists of news values that have been drawn up by scholars and journalists, some, like Galtung and Ruge's, attempt to describe news practices across cultures, while others have become remarkably specific to the press of certain ( often Western ) nations.

Among the options discussed during Arthur Zimmermann's period in office was a German offer to improve communications between the two nations and a suggestion that Mexico purchase German submarines for its navy.

Among a group of nations which are signatories to an international convention known as the Vienna Convention on the Control of the Fineness and the Hallmarking of Precious Metal Objects, additional, optional, yet official marks may also be struck by the assay office.

Among supporters of the two-nations theory, English-Canada is one of two founding nations, the other being French-Canada or Quebec.

Among other Commonwealth nations, the death rates were: 0. 93 % for the United Kingdom, 0. 57 % for Australia, 0. 40 % for Canada and 0. 12 % for South Africa.

Among other things, progressive utilization would optimize the use of natural, industrial and human resources, based on cooperative coordination on a wide basis, ranging from local communities to larger regions and nations, and between the people of diverse geographical areas.

Among these are several Caribbean nations, which share facilities on New Mexico Avenue NW, as well as a grouping on Wyoming Avenue NW.

Inter caetera states: " Among other works well pleasing to the Divine Majesty and cherished of our heart, this assuredly ranks highest, that in our times especially the Catholic faith and the Christian religion be exalted and be everywhere increased and spread, that the health of souls be cared for and that barbarous nations be overthrown and brought to the faith itself.

Among other measures, they gave the Western nations unequivocal control of tariffs on imports and the right of extraterritoriality to all their visiting nationals.

Among these was a raid taking place in Kent, an allied country in Southeast England, during the year 885, which was quite possibly the largest raid since the battles with Guthrum.

Among the institutions affiliated with the university are The KITLV or Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies ( founded in 1851 ), the observatory 1633 ; the natural history museum, with a very complete anatomical cabinet ; the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden ( National Museum of Antiquities ), with specially valuable Egyptian and Indian departments ; a museum of Dutch antiquities from the earliest times ; and three ethnographical museums, of which the nucleus was Philipp Franz von Siebold's Japanese collections.

Among the North American missions of the ABCFM north or west of the displaced Southeast tribes were the Mackinaw Mission ( Mackinac Island ), the Green Bay mission ( Michigan Territory at Green Bay ), the Dakota mission ( Michigan Territory / Iowa Territory / Minnesota Territory primarily along the Mississippi and the Minnesota ( St. Peters ) Rivers ), the Ojibwe mission ( Michigan Territory / Wisconsin Territory / Minnesota Territory / Wisconsin at La Pointe and Odanah, Yellow Lake, Pokegama Lake, Sandy Lake, Fond du Lac, and Red Lake ), and the Whitman mission in Oregon.

Among its many shops are the Takashimaya department store and Kinokuniya, the largest bookstore in Southeast Asia.

Among the tuberous sundews, D. peltata has the largest distribution, which includes eastern and western Australia, New Zealand, India, and most of Southeast Asia including the Philippines.

Among all Christians, 37. 5 % live in the Americas, 25. 7 % live in Europe, 22. 5 % live in Africa, 13. 1 % live in Asia, 1. 2 % live in Oceania and 0. 9 % live in the Middle East.

Among Asian universities in the list, NTU is ranked 9th in Asia.

Among the pre-7th-century Sogdians in the region of central Asia, the name for an ossuary was tanbar.

Among Mahmud II's most notable acts during his reign was the abolition of the Janissary corps in 1826, permitting the establishment of a European-style conscript army, recruited largely from Turkish speakers of Rumelia and Asia Minor.

Among its earliest inhabitants were dark-skinned natives belonging to the Ati, one of several indigenous Negrito ethnic groups dispersed throughout Asia, who had a unique culture.

Among the notable BPO companies operating in the city are Convergys, Teleperformance, TeleTech, Focus International and Transcom Asia.

Among them about 73 % come from Europe ( many of Albanian origin ), 9 % from Africa, 9 % from the Americas and 8 % from Asia Including people holding multiple citizenship, 54. 4 % of people living in Geneva hold a foreign passport.

Among the Muslim aristocracy of South Asia, the fez is known as the Rumi Topi ( which means " hat of Rume or Byzantium ").

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Among the Muslim aristocracy of South Asia, the fez is known as the Rumi Topi ( which means " hat of Rume or Byzantium ").

Among these 33 are 24 from the West and 9 from the East ; 3 women ; 18 bishops, 11 priests, 1 deacon, 2 nuns, 1 consecrated virgin ; 24 from Europe, 3 from Africa, 6 from Asia.

Among the earliest historians to proclaim the importance of this battle was the great Russian historian of Muslim Central Asia, Vasily Bartold, of 20th century according to whom, " The earlier Arab historians, occupied with the narrative of events then taking place in western Asia, do not mention this battle ; but it is undoubtedly of great importance in the history of ( Western ) Turkestan as it determined the question which of the two civilizations, the Chinese or the Muslim, should predominate in the land ( of Turkestan ).

Among 956 stores in South Asia operated by Dairy Farm, 433 are in Singapore, 186 are in Malaysia, 222 are in Indonesia and 115 are in India.

Among the dead are 20 Americans, one Briton, and members of the Malaysian delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman Loke Wan Tho and his wife Mavis.

Among those who built up the Christian Church, extended its influence, and strengthened its institutions, the bishops of Asia Minor occupy a high position ; among them Gregory of Neocaesarea holds a very prominent place.

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Among terrestrial land mammals native to Asia, the Indian rhinoceros is second in size only to the Asian elephant.

Among South Asian Muslims it used as a term for the Muslim gentry in South Asia, usually claiming Arab or Turkish descent.

Among the Asian dynasties descended from Genghis Khan were the Yuan Dynasty of China, the Ilkhanids of Persia, the Jochids of the Golden Horde, the Shaybanids of Siberia, and the Astrakhanids of Central Asia.

Among Jews, 68 % were Sabras ( Israeli-born ), mostly second-or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are olim — 22 % from Europe, the former Soviet republics, Russia, and the Americas, and 10 % from Asia and Africa, including the Arab countries.

Among extant freshwater turtles, only the little-known giant softshell turtles of the genera Rafetus and Pelochelys, native to Asia, reach comparable sizes. Head of a young alligator snapping turtle

Among the Shi ' a minority, some have their origins in different parts of South Asia, while others are adherents of the Shia Ismaili sect from East Africa.

Among Indians, he is second, after Viswanathan Anand, No. 3 in Asia and ranked 26th in the world in FIDE rating as on May 2012.