Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association (TFCA) chair, Karen Hall, together with Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) chair, Ian Reid, announced a restructure of the administration of both organisations. Source: Timberbiz
With his blue stetson and thick grey jacket, Lai Pei-yuan looks like a modern-day cowboy, but rather than raising cattle, he grows trees. Sources: Australian Network News, ABC
The Canterbury Regional Council says after two years of leniency for quake-damaged homes, it intends to start reinforcing its policy for non-compliant wood-burners again this winter. Source: Radio New Zealand
Many homes built in the 1990s in New Zealand were built with design faults that meant they were unable to withstand the wet and humid weather conditions in the country. Source: Construction Source
A West Australian company has bought 15,000 hectares in the top end to establish new plantations. But not everyone is excited about planting trees on land once used for crops and cattle. Source: ABC
A strategy to lift exports from New Zealand’s renewable forests, from $4.7 billion to $12 billion in the next decade, will require more skilled people. Source: Timberbiz
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), with support from the Government of Canada, has launched TheGreenestWorkforce.ca, a resource tool for information on direction of the industry and career opportunities. Source: The Sacramento Bee
Conservationists say they are suspicious of an announcement by one of the world's biggest pulp and paper companies that it will no longer log virgin rainforest. Source: ABC News