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Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds. Jaca, Spain, 4-15 July 1994

Year of publication 1994

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 33 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Statutory body / Meeting title European Forestry Commission (EFC)

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Meeting Session Number Sess. 19

Meeting date 4 - 15 July 1994

Meeting location Jaca, Spain

Language English

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