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- 1 2 "Ministro da Agricultura e Ambiente". Governo de Cabo Verde (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ↑ "FAO Director-General and Minister for Agriculture and Environment of Cabo Verde discuss drought mitigation". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ↑ "Minister of the Environment delivers to Parliament a White Book on the environment in Cabo Verde | INFORPRESS". 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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