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Forestry References

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Saarilahti, M and A Asghar. 1994. Study on winter planting of chir pine. Research paper 12, ILO project, Pakistan.
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Wettman, O. 1992. Securité au travail dans l’exploitation forestière en Suisse. In FAO/ECE/ILO Proceedings of Seminar on the Future of the Forestry Workforce, edited by FAO/ECE/ILO. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press.