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- ↑ "Second Anniversary of the International Day of Argania". Embassy of Morocco Australia-New zealand-Pacific States. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve, Morocco https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/arab-states/arganeraie
- ↑ "UNESCO - Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 March 2021. International Day of Argania https://web.archive.org/web/20220119120003/https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/A/RES/75/262
- ↑ "This is everything you need to know about the Argan tree". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2022-07-14.