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18 December 2013
The bamboo-backed Moto X is now ready for lumber lovers everywhere. Source: Tech Radar UK
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Children’s book launch at European Forest Week

18 December 2013
'The Unexpected Forest' features adventures from Spik and Booksy in the forest – a lovely story that describes sustainable forest management and timber use without the usual facts and figures. Source: Timberbiz
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Free Stanford course for forest management

18 December 2013
A new online course that trains users how to monitor the extent and condition of the world's forests using satellite imagery is now available on demand at no charge worldwide. Source: Stanford News
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WA forestry plan under fire from both sides

18 December 2013
The newly released forest management plan has come under fire from both sides of the forestry debate as either going too far or not far enough. Source: The Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail
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Logs promote work at Napier Port NZ

18 December 2013
Log exports through Napier Port in New Zealand are booming, along with record levels of wood pulp and sawn timber, sending profits soaring by almost 7% to NZ$11.8 million for the September year. Sources: Fairfax NZ News, The Dominion Post, Stuff NZ
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NZ bushy convicted of harvesting native timber

18 December 2013
A Golden Bay New Zealand bushman who advertised rough sawn rimu timber for sale on the TradeMe website was convicted of having native timber milled without consent in Nelson District Court on 11 December 2013. Source: Voxy NZ
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Preparing to shut up shop

18 December 2013
Twelve months ago Whittakers Timber Products in southwest WA was considered one of the biggest sawmill and processing operations in Western Australia’s hardwood industry. Today, it's preparing to shut up shop. Source: ABC Rural
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Tas timber processing hub stalled by Government

18 December 2013
Plans to establish an integrated timber processing hub near Scottsdale in Tasmania have stalled over a new government process. Source: ABC Rural
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Report in on SA forestry sector

18 December 2013
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, at the request of the South Australian State Government, studied the condition of the forest sector industries in the Green Triangle region. Sources: Science Daily, Finnbay
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Report a furphy about Tassie forestry

18 December 2013
The Australia Institute (TAI) continues its history of using dubious numbers to push a green agenda according to Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Senator Richard Colbeck. Sources: Timberbiz, Herald Sun, ABC News
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