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Rimu salvage underway in NZ

08 January 2015
Helicopters have started salvaging some of the native timber blown over by Cyclone Ita on the West Coast of New Zealand in April. Source: 3News The storm destroyed thousands of hectares of forest, and over the summer hundreds of valuable rimu logs are being recovered from bush land ne
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Bee on track with forestry

08 January 2015
Tasmania’s honey producers are forking out tens of thousands of dollars to maintain access roads into beekeeping areas as the state’s forestry industry contracts. Source: Lexis Nexus Apiarists said they hoped the recovery of the timber industry would provide access to new
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Historic Smith’s Sawmill at Naringal closing

08 January 2015
A unique piece of south-west Victoria’s history will slowly draw to a close with Smith’s Sawmill at Naringal winding back its operations. Source: The Age The small mill has been run by the Smith family since the end of World War II and has employed two generations of the f
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Another anti-logging protester arrested in Nannup

08 January 2015
A third anti-logging protester has been arrested in a Western Australian forest in less than a month. Logging preparations in part of Helms Forest near Nannup in the South West were stopped when Claire Anderson, 23, sat on a treetop platform that was tied to machinery. Source: ABC New
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Felling Easter Island trees not the cause of mayhem

08 January 2015
It is perhaps the world’s most famous environmental parable. A settler on Easter Island stood beside the island’s last tree. He or she looked around the treeless horizon, every one of those trees removed by man, and chopped it down anyway. Sources: The Australian, The Times Afterwards
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NZ log prices remain on the rise

08 January 2015
New Zealand export log prices have advanced for a fifth month as a decline in shipping costs bolstered local returns and offset weak prices from China, the country’s largest market. Source: AAP The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs rose to $NZ101 ($A94) a ton
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Overseas logging interests above NZ interests

08 January 2015
New Zealand’s Labour Party has alleged that over 500,000 hectares of New Zealand forests have been sold to overseas interests, in the last three years. Source: International Business Times Labour Party’s Forestry spokesperson Stuart Nash told media that despite approval by
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Canterbury farmers fear drought

08 January 2015
Canterbury, New Zealand is on the verge of drought with the southern region the driest it has been in a decade, forcing farmers to sell surplus stock and leading to restrictions on irrigation as the area waits for rain. Source: Scoop Soil moisture in eastern and southern Canterbury is
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New Years’ honour for NZ foresters

08 January 2015
Geoff and Gill Brann had no experience in forestry before they bought their property at Roydon Downs in 1963 but today they are being honoured for their work in the industry. Source: Bay of Plenty Times The couple has received the Queen’s Service Medal for their contribution to
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Open up red gum logging

08 January 2015
The President of the Foresters Institute of Australia said that he feels for southern Riverina communities battling to survive in the wake of red gum forests being locked up as national parks. Source: ABC News Rob de Fegely is co-chair of the Prime Minister’s new Federal Forestr
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