http://timberbiz.com.au/dtn/ Your daily source of timber industry news en-au Copyright 2013, timberbiz.com.au Lauren Corsey Mathew Lee http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1748 Centuries of deforestation have turned Spain's forests into barren scrublands, making them vulnerable to erosion. But volunteers are working to revive the landscape and protect local water sources. Source: DW.DE http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1747 The Housing Industry Association (HIA,) has elected Ron Dwyer as its new national president. Source: Timberbiz http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1746 The forest deal has descended into more chaos with the revelation that the proposed boundaries have not yet been finalized and that the Greens may be targeting other states. Source: Timberbiz http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1745 For sale: an experimental home built in a lab and tested to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake. Source: Fairfax NZ http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1744 New Zealand has suffered a dramatic decline in native biodiversity, which a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher has called the most pervasive environmental issue facing the country. Source: Scoop Media http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1743 Two onsite auctions will be held on Tuesday June 4, 2013 in New South Wales to sell the entire contents of a fully operational sawmill and a timber drying and process plant. Source: Timberbiz http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1742 Plant Health Australia (PHA) launched an updated industry biosecurity plan for the nursery industry saying it is one of the most important biosecurity plans that it has developed, given production nurseries supply nursery stock to many other plant industries in Australia. Source: Timberbiz http://www.timberbiz.com.au/dtn/details.asp?ID=1749 Forty years ago Dutch elm disease swept through Britain killing millions of trees. Now a conservation charity, which helped bring elm trees back to the streets of Fitzrovia has won an award for its short film about London elms. Source: Fitzrovia