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Terminal evaluation of the project “Rehabilitation of forest landscapes and degraded land with particular attention to saline soils and areas prone to wind erosion”

Project code: GCP/IRA/064/GFF - GEF ID: 3450










Annex 1. Terms of reference

Annex 2. Some photographic evidence of the rehabilitation and other project activities

Management response

Follow-up report


FAO. 2024. Terminal evaluation of the project “Rehabilitation of forest landscapes and degraded land with particular attention to saline soils and areas prone to wind erosion”. Project Evaluation Series, No. 07/2024. Rome.



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