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Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2020 United States of America - Report

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages vp.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

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Category Other document

Edition 1

Last updated 11/03/2021

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