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Ministerial advisor wants to dismantle Forestry Tas

Forestry Tasmania should be dismantled and all its assets sold off, according to Sue Smith, the deputy chair of the ministerial advisory council. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania, which manages the state’s forests, is considering selling its hardwood plantations to pay back bo
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WA annual audit next week

Western Australia’s Forest Products Commission will undergo its annual scheduled audit next week and environmentalists are hoping this will result in it losing the certification. Source: ABC News The audit is being conducted by Soil Association Woodmark, which itself will be audited a
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A plan to save SA forestry jobs

At a time when jobs in South Australia are bleeding profusely, a dynamic group of regional community leaders has put together a plan that will save 100 jobs and a sawmill, which injects $9.4 million into the State’s economy. Source: The Northern Argus The Northern Forests Community In
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Final monies allocated in SA forestry program

The South Australian Government has allocated the final round of funding under the South-East Forestry Partnership Program. Source: ABC News, 891 ABC Radio Money from the $27 million fund has been granted in three phases. The latest recipients will share in $7.1 million to encourage i
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Australia losing sight of renewable energy benefits

Australia did not reap the benefits of the record-breaking renewables year in 2014, with investment and jobs in the renewables industry slashed due to ongoing reviews of the Renewable Energy Target, which the Australian Government has said it will cut. Source: Timberbiz Investment in
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Drones protect the Amazon

Drones have had a lot of bad press and hype that has slowed their acceptance by regulators and the public but they perform valuable services like search and rescue and inspection that can’t be done any other way. Source: Engadget A great example of that is work being done by the
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Forest deal expands climate change

After a decade of talks a plan to unlock billions of dollars to protect great rainforests, improve living conditions for indigenous communities and help fight climate change has been settled. Source: The Australian Saving equatorial forests has been identified as the most effective wa
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China introduces logging bans

Zhang Jianlong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration of China, said a logging ban has already been put in place in some key areas, especially in the country’s three northeastern provinces, on trial basis this year. Source: Caixin Online The prohibition will be ex
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Carter Holt Harvey delays IPO

New Zealand’s Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) has delayed a planned initial public offering (IPO) due to uncertainty about its timber business amid speculation part of the firm could be sold. Source: Reuters CHH, which has a New Zealand retail building supplies chain and manufactures wood-ba
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