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Tasmanian Government to Remove “Wilderness”

22 January 2015
The Tasmanian government is attempting to remove the term “wilderness” from the state’s wilderness world heritage area. Source: The Guardian (UK) According to The Guardian this could open the vast ecosystem to selective logging, cruise ships and landing strips for aircraft. In a draft
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Wyong Timber Business Operates Without Consent

22 January 2015
Wyong mayor Doug Eaton’s family company has run a Mannering Park timber business for nearly a decade either without council consent, or without complying with a court-ordered approval condition linked to a road with a history of fatal crashes. Source: Newcastle Herald Now questions ar
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Forestry Corp Cops A Spray

22 January 2015
Residents neighbouring the Gladstone State Forest were given just days notice of Forestry Corporation plans to carry out ‘toxic’ aerial spraying for the control of grasses and woody weeds. Source: Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun Bellingen Green Action Group spokesperson Susan Weil told th
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Another Bearly Viable National Park

22 January 2015
A timber industry spokesman Andrew Hurford has come out swinging against NSW Labor’s plan to create a 315,000-hectare Koala National Park. Sources: Northern Star, Coffs Coast Advocate The chairman of Timber NSW and managing director of Hurford Hardwood described the plan as R
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Universal’s majority interest in Aussie Integra

22 January 2015
Universal Forest Products is venturing outside of North America by acquiring a majority interest in Integra Packaging, a manufacturer and distributor of integrated packaging products based in Brisbane, Australia. Source: MLive Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed in a news rele
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Stop Logging in Victoria to Gain Emission Targets

22 January 2015
Stopping logging in Victoria’s central highlands would drive tens of millions of dollars into state coffers if the move were included under the Abbott government’s emissions reduction fund. Sources: The Age, The Bendigo Advertiser, The Brisbane Times Fairfax Media has seen
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Study to optimize bioenergy supply chains

15 January 2015
If heat and power plants that burn forest woodchips acquire these chips from optimised supply chains, they can obtain better quality biomass and lower their total acquisition costs according to a study by Ramoll Finland, commissioned by Miktech Oy. Source: Bioenergy Insights An optimi
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US$60mill school for forestry

15 January 2015
Oregon State University has kicked off a US$30 million fundraising effort to put the university’s forestry department at the forefront of what many Oregon leaders see as an emerging market in sustainable construction materials. Source: Oregon Live Thomas Maness, dean of the fore
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US softwoods attract Thai business

15 January 2015
Thai lumber companies have been shown the advantages of trading with US companies supplying softwoods. Source: USDA The pine forests of Georgia and the Pacific Northwest are a far cry from the crowded streets of Bangkok, where shipments of US softwood products are headed thanks to a c
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3D wooden printing

15 January 2015
3D printing has lost its novelty value a bit, but new printing materials that MakerBot plans to release will make it a lot more interesting again. Source: PC World MakerBot is one of the best-known makers of desktop 3D printers, it announced that late this year its products would be a
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