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Markets For Change report anti-bioenergy

18 April 2013
According to Markets For Change there is significant risk in establishing native forest-based bioenergy projects to substitute for Australia’s ailing woodchip export trade, including adverse climate impacts, according to a new report by environment group Markets For Change.
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Tree clearing farmers could start Queensland forest wars

18 April 2013
Farmers say they can be trusted not to go overboard if tree-clearing laws are relaxed in Queensland. Source: The Australian
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Carbon price fall in EU makes Australian companies nervous

18 April 2013
The fall in Europe's carbon price has further dented the confidence of Australian companies working to either offset or reduce the country's emissions. Source: ABC News
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Burke bungled World Heritage nomination says Colbeck

18 April 2013
According to Senator Richard Colbeck, the Environment Minister Tony Burke has bungled the World Heritage nomination of 170,000 hectares of forest he bulldozed past Tasmanians in February. Source: Timberbiz
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Abstract wooden show

16 April 2013
And now for something very different – modern timber art in abstract displays, including one where you put your head through a panel and watch a piece of wood being drilled. You can take the drilled piece home as a memento. Source: Artinfo
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Obama renews funding for bioenergy

16 April 2013
The Department of Energy announced that it would continue to fund its three bioenergy research centres for another five years. The funding is subject to congressional appropriations. Here are the details. Source: Yahoo News
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Laser guidance to find giant Tasmanian trees

16 April 2013
Forestry Tasmania has discovered another 17 hardwood eucalyptus trees in the state's southern forests, with some of the giants believed to be up to 500 years old. Source: ABC News
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Logging in national parks in Queensland

16 April 2013
The Queensland State Government may start logging in national parks with Springbrook on the Gold Coast Hinterland one of the first according to conservationists. Source: Gold Coast News
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Tassie forest industry should be left to die

16 April 2013
A report on Tasmania's forest industry says the struggling sector is a warning to state and federal governments against "throwing good money after bad" via industry assistance packages. Source: The Australian
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New sawmill and benefits result from NZ harvest

16 April 2013
Trees planted by Ngati Porou Forests in New Zealand will be ready for harvest in two years and could prompt the building of affordable housing or establishment of the iwi’s own sawmill. Source: Gisborne Herald
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