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Development of global forest policies and governance The establishment of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 was the fundamental step to new international relationships after the Second World War. In the same year, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN was created in response to the food shortage due to the collapse of

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Olli Saastamoinen

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