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This document has been prepared at the request of the Secretariat of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and in close collaboration with the FAO Animal Production and Health Division, to facilitate the Commission’s deliberations when it will review key issues in ecosystem services provided by livestock species and breeds at its Fifteenth Regular Session.

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