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Provisional organization of work for the CPF Expert Workshop in support of the CPF Initiative on strengthening the global core set of forest indicators

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Author Collaborative Partnership on Forests

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Language English

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