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Payment advice from Gunns’ timber mid-March

Tasmanian farmers affected by the collapse of Gunns expect to clarify at a mid-March meeting what they will be paid for their plantation timber. Source: The Examiner
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A backlog of power poles for WA

An audit has found there is a large backlog of condemned wooden power poles needing urgent replacement across Western Australia. Source: ABC News
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Burnie Council profits from Forestry Tasmania stockpile

A prime industrial site in Burnie will become a holding yard for Forestry Tasmania's stockpile of export logs. Source: The Mercury
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Victorian forest industries association support-group convenes

The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) has welcomed the launch of the Parliamentary support group for the forest and wood products industry. Source: Timberbiz
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Uganda timber prices escalate

Timber prices have doubled in the last two years, following increasing demand in the construction industry. Source: New Vision (Uganda)
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Earth Hour helps forests in Uganda

Earth Hour forest Preparations across the globe kick-off for Earth Hour 2013 with the creation of the world's first Earth Hour Forest in the East African nation of Uganda. Source: Scoop
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Thinning and pruning required

Michael Ryan has a 15-acre farmlet in New Gisborne, Victoria with around 10 acres of planted to pinus radiata that needs attention. Source: Timberbiz
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Fire at Timber Creek on Kangaroo Island

John Ipsen, head of RuralAus that operates the timber mill at Timber Creek, is to inspect a woodchip fire that erupted on Sunday at Timber Creek. Source: The Islander
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Safety roadshow not enough

A revised code of practice for forestry safety is the focus of a roadshow being taken across the country. Source: Radio New Zealand
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CSIRO supersite rainforest plot

Following three years of research and planning, CSIRO and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) have opened Australia’s first large-scale rainforest research plot. Source: Timberbiz
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