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Local efforts for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and resilient forest livelihoods in the mountain watersheds of the Philippines

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FAO. 2024. Local efforts for ecosystem based disaster risk reduction and resilient forest livelihoods in the mountainwatersheds of the Philippines – Policy brief. Rome.




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