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Soar with the eagles

21 August 2014
The Forest Practices Authority is organizing a course designed to provide information on the identification and management of the wedge-tailed eagle and white-bellied sea eagle habitat, to be held in November 2014. Source: Timberbiz
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Small forestry contractors leaving

21 August 2014
The Forest Industry Contractors Association in New Zealand estimates that close to 50 operators have left the industry due to the slump in the log export trade. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Forestry rejects study in forest fires

21 August 2014
The forestry industry has dismissed a report linking logging with increased fire danger as drawing an unfair link between industry and bushfire. Source: ABC Radio National
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FOA wants Worksafe to back off

21 August 2014
The Forest Owners Association (FOA) has taken umbrage at some of the comments made by the government safety agency, Worksafe New Zealand in its submission to the independent panel reviewing forest safety. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Bartier leaves ForestWorks

21 August 2014
Jane Bartier will leave her role as deputy CEO of ForestWorks on 19 September 2014 after more than six years with the organization. Source: Timberbiz
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Koppers takes charge of Osmose

21 August 2014
Koppers announced that it has completed the acquisition of the wood preservation and railroad services businesses of Osmose Holdings. Source: Timberbiz
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First fossilized fire scar

14 August 2014
After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a hunk of petrified wood from Arizona has finally been recognized as a one-of-a-kind find. Source: Discovery News
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Ash borer treatment successful

14 August 2014
The shiny green one-half-inch-long, one-eighth-inch-wide emerald ash borer has destroyed tens of millions of ash trees in the US since the beetle’s discovery in 2002 in Detroit. Source: United States Department of Agriculture
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Re-distribute tree species in British forests

14 August 2014
Scientists at the University of Twente and at Forest Research, the research agency of the British Forestry Commission, used the UK Climate Projections 2009 data in models to show reduction in forest production by up to 42% by the 2080s due to climate change. Source: Phys Org
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Correction Daily Timber News

14 August 2014
In our last Daily Timber News service we promoted an engineered wood function that was to be held in New Zealand. This function will, in fact, be held in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton.
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