Australia’s biggest tree planting and nature care event is rapidly approaching, and this year the organisers, Planet Ark, are asking everyone to dig out their old albums for #ThrowBackTreeDay. Source: Timberbiz In the lead up to National Tree Day (Sunday 1 August) they want you to sha

This July, Venture Taranaki will host its third Branching Out event to explore trees and their value chain. Wood and fibre products are of increasing value and interest worldwide and are a worthy consideration for further investigation in Taranaki, New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz At th

Newly released analytics show that the impact of Australian Forestry, the journal of The Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA), rose significantly last year, highlighting the journal’s important role in the evidence-based approach of forestry. Source: Timberbiz The journal’s impac

Australia’s pipeline of homebuilding activity is at record levels and growing at its fastest ever pace. Already besieged by literally unprecedented demand, the entire building supply chain is short of the materials and the labour it needs to meet the stimulus-fuelled demand. For Austr

New homes sales in June 2021 jumped 15.3% to be 11.2% higher in the quarter than the same time in 2019, according to the Housing Industry Australia figures. The HIA New Home Sales report, a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states, is a leading ind

The Victorian State Labor Government has been accused of undercutting Australian businesses, after selecting to use imported timber for the construction of Melbourne Metro’s new Anzac Station, rather than hardwood sustainably grown and processed in Victoria. Source: Timberbiz National

The Victorian Government is advertising up to 300 Project Firefighters and Forest and Fire Operations Officer positions ahead of the upcoming bushfire season.  Source: Timberbiz Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio announced the positions with Forest Fir

The US Forest Landowners Association (FLA) applauds the introduction of the bi-partisan H.R. 4210: The Disaster Reforestation Act, which allows family and private timber growers to recover from the loss of timber destroyed by natural disasters and reforest their lands. Source: Timberb

The PEFC 2021 ‘Experience Forests, Experience PEFC’ national photo contests have come to an end, and now national members are presenting their winners. PEFC Spain was the first to announce the stunning winning photos of their contest, which had the theme “Caring for Forests”. Source: