A carbon farming business has bought swaths of New Zealand and planted it in pine trees, promising it would one day regenerate into native forest but researchers who have studied the concept doubt it will work. Source: Stuff NZ New Zealand Carbon Farming (NZCF) has quickly grown to be

Timber building materials produced from sustainably grown local plantations and the benefits this brings to reducing carbon output are the thrusts of a prize-winning project by two University of Queensland civil engineering students. Source: Timberbiz Duncan Hossy and William Webster

In 2020 the FPC launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) ‘Reflect’. A Reflect RAP clearly sets out the steps that organisations should take to prepare for reconciliation initiatives in successive RAPs. Source: Timberbiz The FPC is now officially launching the next stage – ‘

The South Australian Government has announced a $2 million fund to increase the supply of structural timber for local homebuilders. Strong demand for timber as a result of HomeBuilder has created a supply shortage, exacerbated by last year’s bushfires, resulting in delivery delays of

New regulations have been introduced which will expand the types of offences for which charities could be deregistered. The new regulations will empower the Commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not for profits Commission (ACNC) to investigate charities engaging in or promoting

After felling oak trees to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral, French foresters confronted their next logistical challenge this week: how to get the massive logs to a sawmill more than 100 km down the road. Source: Reuters The largest log is 26 metres (85 feet) long – longer than the

Lesprom Network, a global marketplace for wood products, has launched a beta version of the wood export and import data analysis service Lesprom Analytics. Source: Timberbiz The service collects data on the export and import of wood products around the world, instantly processes them

Global Market Insights has recently added a new report on the forestry equipment market that estimates the market valuation for forestry equipment will cross US$ 13 billion by 2027. The forestry equipment market is witnessing high growth owing to the rising demand for products made fr

Freemasons are getting their hands dirty helping school children plant thousands of trees to help prevent erosion in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz The Freemasons Foundation has made a substantial donation to the schools-based Trees for Survival program that grows and plants native tr