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 # `lidaRtRee` tutorials
 
-`lidaRtRee_tutorials` is a repository that provides tutorials for forest analysis with airborne laser scanning (ALS or lidar remote sensing) data, using functions from `R` packages [lidR](https://github.com/Jean-Romain/lidR/) (also available on [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lidR/index.html)) and [lidaRtRee](https://gitlab.irstea.fr/jean-matthieu.monnet/lidaRtRee). Tutorials are available as `Rmarkdown`, `html` and `pdf` files. Datasets useful for code running are also provided.
+`lidaRtRee_tutorials` is a repository that provides tutorials for forest analysis with airborne laser scanning (ALS or lidar remote sensing) data, using functions from `R` packages [lidR](https://github.com/Jean-Romain/lidR/) (also available on [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lidR/index.html)) and [lidaRtRee](https://gitlab.irstea.fr/jean-matthieu.monnet/lidaRtRee) (also available on [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lidaRtRee/index.html)). Tutorials are available as `Rmarkdown`, `html` and `pdf` files. Datasets useful for code running are also provided.
 
 # 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).