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 # Available tutorials
 
 They are listed on the [wiki home page](https://gitlab.irstea.fr/jean-matthieu.monnet/lidartree_tutorials/-/wikis/home). 
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+# Acknowledgements
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+`lidaRtRee_tutorials` development was funded by the [ADEME](https://www.ademe.fr/en) (french Agency for Ecological Transition) through the [PROTEST](https://protest.inrae.fr/) project (grant 1703C0069 of the GRAINE program).