The three-day event, held in Tehran from Nov. 8-10, offers both sides an opportunity to exchange views on production technology of woodland seeds and employing Russian satellite information for mapping the range and plant areas in the country, Khoda-Karam Jalali added.
Iran imports a large bulk of its required wood from Russia. The neighboring country to the north holds over one million hectares of forest with annual wood exports of 200 million cubic meters.
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