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Forest monitoring in Poland: legal foundations and scope of the programme

Folia Forestalia Polonica
Volume 67 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Paweł Lech,  Robert Hildebrand and  Jadwiga Małachowska  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
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Language: English
Page range: 35 - 45
Submitted on: Aug 27, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 20, 2025
Published on: Mar 7, 2025
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Air Convention,
forest health assessment,
forest biodiversity,
air pollution,
deposition,
ICP Forests
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

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