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Congo line of illegal timber

30 October 2012
Officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are colluding with foreign logging firms to support illegal logging, harming local communities and risking the destruction of the world's second largest forest, according to a report by a campaign group. Source: The West Australian
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Actor promotes straw paper

30 October 2012
Actor Woody Harrelson is supporting a company called Prairie Pulp and Paper that produces paper made from waste wheat straw. Harrelson said he wants to get in on the movement that will see North America's first non-wood pulp-and-paper mill set up. Source: The Canadian Press, CBC News
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WoodEXPO 2013

30 October 2012
Australia’s first dedicated show for sawmilling, wood panels and wood manufacturing, WoodEXPO 2013 is attracting international interest. Source: Timberbiz
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Wellbeing survey for timber industry

30 October 2012
The Centre for Research and Action in Public Health of the University of Canberra is studying how working in the forest, wood and paper products industries influences the health and wellbeing of the people employed in these industries. Source: Timberbiz
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Public list of Gunns creditors

30 October 2012
Administrators of failed Tasmanian timber producer Gunns have made public a full list of the company's creditors. Gunns owes hundreds of people, businesses and government departments millions of dollars. Source: ABC News
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Green groups back on attack of sawmills

30 October 2012
Green groups will resume their war against the Tasmanian timber industry on Monday after the collapse of forest peace talks. Source: The Australia, AAP
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Win prizes with AFCA survey, before tomorrow

30 October 2012
Join the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) to get industry information, to be with other people in the same line of business and to win prizes. Source: Timberbiz
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Epic fail for forest peace talks

30 October 2012
Tasmania’s failed forest peace talks have repercussions that go well beyond the withdrawal by the Federal government of $150 million in funding. Timberbiz, The Australian, The Mercury, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC News
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Viet Nam timber imports rising

25 October 2012
Timber imports are on the rise in Viet Nam, as local supply has not met demand according to Huynh Van Hanh, deputy chairman of the Handicrafts and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Min City (Hawa). Source: Viet Nam News
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Jamaica, no it imports its wood

25 October 2012
Jamaica imports around US$3 billion worth of lumber each year, despite the island being known as the 'land of wood and water'. This has forced at least one local producer of lumber to appeal to more Jamaicans to invest in the planting of lumber trees. Source: Jamaica Observer
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