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European forest vulnerable to climate change

07 August 2014
Climate change is here, it’s happening now, and for the last few decades it has been demonstrably bad news for many of Europe’s forests. Source: The Guardian
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Sweden under fire

07 August 2014
Scores of firefighters in central Sweden are battling a wildfire that has burned forested land and killed at least one person. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, Euronews
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New Zealand engineered wood seminar

07 August 2014
Make the connection: use engineered wood products to do more with less is the name of a seminar to be held in New Zealand that covers topics from design, uses to specification of engineered wood products. Source: Timberbiz
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Safety first for NZ workers then money

07 August 2014
The country's forest industry needs to provide an environment of steady, safe, well-paid employment in a better regulated environment in order to save workers' lives, according to NZ Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly. Sources: Stuff NZ, The Nelson Mail
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National Trust national tree register

07 August 2014
An email doing the rounds pleads for people to stop cutting down trees. Included is a photograph of a line of 15 dogs queuing to lift their legs on a solitary specimen in a field. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
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Recycled timber to fuel food farm

07 August 2014
Recycled timber from construction and demolition sites is to be used to fuel a multi-million dollar food farm in Victoria. Source: Yahoo7
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No conviction for punching serial forest protester

07 August 2014
A magistrate has decided not to record a conviction against a Tasmanian forestry worker who punched a man in the street after recognising him as a protester.
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Recognising importance of forestry industry

07 August 2014
Senator Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, is visiting forestry operations near Maryborough in regional Queensland this week. Source: Timberbiz
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New Forests out of race for FEA

07 August 2014
New Forests is believed to be out of the race to buy Forest Enterprises Australia, with sources suggesting that RMS — the world’s second-largest timber management company — has positioned itself as the successful buyer. Source: The Australian
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Subsidised thinning under scrutiny

07 August 2014
Taxpayers are being asked to subsidise logging in four ecologically sensitive state conservation areas in northern NSW, according to the recommendations of a draft report of the Natural Resources Commission. Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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