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Plan of Action for Pillar Five of the Global Soil Partnership.Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources

Tentative Agenda

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Language English

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