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Global consumption of solid-wood products to rise 2-3 per cent annually over next five years

11 November 2014
Global consumption of solid-wood products continues to rise, with a forecast of around 2–3 per cent annual growth over the next five years, according to SCA Timber. Source: Lesprom. “The markets of Europe are increasing their consumption in most cases, with Scandinavia and the UK topp
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Timber industry benefits from changed export tax regime

11 November 2014
The Brazilian government has brought forward the implementation of support for exporters in the form of tax credits for exports. Source: IHB. Originally the Special Regime for Return of Tax Values for Exporting Companies (REINTEGRA) was due to begin in January 2015. Exporters will rec
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Australian forestry in your pocket

11 November 2014
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) this week released a new edition of one of the most popular Australian forestry publications. ABARES executive director Karen Schneider said ‘Australia’s forests at a glance 2014’ is a pocketbook compen
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Reefton firm to salvage windblown timber

11 November 2014
A Reefton company has won the first contract to salvage cyclone-damaged, native timber on the West Coast. Source: Stuff.co.nz. New Zealand Sustainable Forest Products Ltd (NZSFP) will be allowed to take 600 cubic metres of rimu and 100 cubic metres of red beech from the Grey Valley ar
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Second Blue Mountains fire in two years demands new thinking

11 November 2014
Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) chief executive officer Ross Hampton has called on the Federal Government to trial the effectiveness of machinery removal of understory bush and competing trees in an attempt to find new solutions to reducing the intensity of bushfires. So
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Forestry Tasmania’s $43m loss nothing to do with ‘peace deal’, say experts

11 November 2014
Environmentalists and the forestry industry have rejected the Tasmanian government’s claim that a disastrous deficit posted by the state’s taxpayer-owned forest corporation was the result of a “peace deal” between loggers and green groups. Source: The Guardian. Forestry Tasmania, whic
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RBA extends steady streak for rates

11 November 2014
The Reserve Bank Board on Tuesday voted to extend the period of steady interest rates to 16 consecutive months, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry. “With no hint of a short term interest rate rise in the RBA’s statement today,
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Forest Stewardship Council under fire from green groups

10 November 2014
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Australia is under fire from an unlikely quarter, with key environment groups calling for it to withdraw the Controlled Wood standard accreditation granted to Western Australia’s state logging agency, the Forest Products Commission (FPC). Source: T
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The Census – what’s new?

10 November 2014
The Census of Population and Housing provides a snapshot of the nation and aims to count every person and every household in Australia on Census night. Conducted every five years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has made little change to the traditional delivery and collecti
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Timber exporter Crawfords Freightlines fuming after EPA ban on methyl bromide

10 November 2014
A Sandgate company has had its timber exporting operation shut down by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) over its use of a fumigant. Source: The Herald. The company, Crawfords Freightlines, has hit back at the EPA, saying the state government’s forestry department supplied th
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