Following the release of a report by the Climate Council on bushfire threats, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said it welcomes sensible debate about the role of effective fuel reduction to control bushfires. Source: Timberbiz
Prime Minister Tony Abbott will address an industry dinner hosted by the Australian Forest Products Association and ForestWorks ISC in March 2014. Source: Timberbiz
Forestry software firm Treemetrics is hoping to secure a major contract in South America with a multinational logging firm as it nears completion of a €1m fundraising round that will help it expand its sales force. Source: Independent
A recently published study by US Forest Service researchers evaluates potential revenues from harvesting standing timber killed by mountain pine beetle in the western United States. Source: The Almagest
Sharks are terrifying, mammoth animals with rows of razor-sharp teeth and they motor through the water at speeds many times faster than us. It'd be stupid not to scared of them, wouldn't it? Source: The Age
A single mass planting has boosted the national population of the rare and endangered Turner’s kohuhu (pittosporum turneri, or tent pole tree) by more than 10% in New Zealand. Source: Scoop.co.nz