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Russia leads forestry destruction

09 April 2015
Russia is now the world leader in terms of forestry destruction, a new survey showed, with fires blamed for destroying hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of woodland since the millennium. Source: The Moscow Times Russia lost a staggering 37.22 million hectares (370,000 square
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Grow your own furniture

09 April 2015
Making wooden furniture from scratch is a complicated process: you grow a tree for 60 or more years, only to chop it down, peel off its bark, cut it up into little pieces, and then finally join it all back together into a whole new shape. Sources: Fastcodesign, The Guardian UK When su
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Canada on top of the wood pile

09 April 2015
  Canada can feel proud that its forest products industry has become a world leader in environmental credentials. Source: The Nelson Daily For an industry that was admittedly once an environmental offender, the past few decades have been a remarkable journey. The latest statistic
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Australian Timber Floor Awards

09 April 2015
Nominations are open for the Australian Timber Floor of the Year 2015 competition. All tradespeople within the timber flooring industry who are members of the ATFA and have completed either a commercial or residential timber floor between 1 April 2014 and 30 April 2015 are eligible to
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Kyogle gets timber bridge repairs

09 April 2015
The small farming community of Kyogle scored a rare win over the government’s bureaucratic barriers for timber bridge repair. Source: The Land Kyogle Council, in North East New South Wales, has a massive 203 crumbling timber bridges on its books, the largest number needing repla
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Karawatha forest education centre

09 April 2015
Major works on Brisbane City Council’s new $7 million environmental education centre at Karawatha Forest will start next week. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, Karawatha ward councillor Kim Marx and Thomas Creevey from the Karawatha Forest Protection Society turned the first sod at the Acacia
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Timber knowledge courses

09 April 2015
The TMA in conjunction with Timber Training Creswick will be running the Timber Knowledge course on April 28-29, June 10-11 and October 6-7. Source: Timberbiz These courses are for anyone new to the industry or wanting to expand on the their timber knowledge. The courses are designed
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Eucalypts win at Environment Awards

09 April 2015
The New Zealand Dryland Initiative Project won the Supreme Award at the 2015 Cawthron Marlborough Environment Awards Dinner on Friday 13 March in Blenheim. Source: Timberbiz NZDFI Project Manager, Paul Millen received the award on behalf of the NZDFI team. “Winning this award is fanta
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Administrators in rescue bid for Waimea

09 April 2015
Nelson Forests was to meet with the administrators trying to rescue log transport business Waimea Contract Carriers that owes NZ$14 million. Sources: Stuff NZ, The Nelson Mail John Fisk and Richard Longman, partners of PwC, were appointed administrators of Waimea Contract Carriers and
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Aussie dollar impacts NZ sawmillers

09 April 2015
Jobs will go and sawmills may be forced to close if the Australian dollar continues to lose value against the Kiwi dollar, the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation says. Sources: TVNZ, Timberbiz Australia represents 21% of the value of New Zealand timber exports and is a very import
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