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Bioenergy roadmap for SA on the table

26 November 2015
A Bioenergy Roadmap for South Australia, released by Minister Resources and Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis, highlighted suitable areas to develop the industry. Source: Indaily The report comes before Premier Jay Weatherill and Climate Change Minister Ian Hunter attend global climate
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New ways to better address bushfires

26 November 2015
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on all Governments to look at the emerging science and evidence on new ways of addressing bushfires. Source: Timberbiz “Last year the Australian Government allocated $1.5 million to conduct a series of trials to physically r
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Tiwi woodchips depart for Japan

26 November 2015
Tiwi Islanders have succeeded in a 30-year battle to bring the first shipment of woodchip grown in plantations on their homeland north of Darwin to market. Source: The Australian About 38,000 tonnes is due to depart for Japanese-owned paper mills and about $73 million has been investe
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PNG loss of forests disgraceful

19 November 2015
A Papua New Guinea environmental and social activist has delivered a scathing assessment of stewardship of the country’s forest resources by its politicians. Source: Radio New Zealand Dorothy Tekwie says PNG’s government cannot claim to be serious about climate change impa
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Low interest rates drives up pine prices

19 November 2015
Record low interest rates and greater housing construction are driving up the price of Australian pine trees, according to Australia’s largest forestry investment company. Source: ABC Rural A new report released by the Federal Government indicates Australia’s housing const
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Rising housing market good for Qld timber

19 November 2015
The Queensland timber industry says the sector has benefited from the rising housing market, but the challenge of competing with cheaper imports is ongoing. Source: ABC Rural The most recent Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Australian fore
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New markets for Tas soft and hardwood timber

19 November 2015
Activity in Tasmania’s plantation forestry sector is picking up after a deep and prolonged downturn. Tas Land and Forest managing director Kent Lyon said new markets for soft and hardwood timber were emerging. Source: ABC Rural “We’re very busy and markets are good,&
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Mpavillion design event timbers

19 November 2015
Britton Timbers has supplied the architectural timber used for the MPavilion, the annual architecture commission and design event in Melbourne. MPavilion partnered with Britton Timbers this year for the supply of timber for the project. Founded in 2014, MPavilion is an initiative of t
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Marlborough sawmills back in business after fires

19 November 2015
Two Marlborough sawmills are back in action following fires last month. A fuel bin caught fire at Timberlink New Zealand, off Battys Rd in Blenheim while three fire appliances were called to the Kaituna Sawmill on October 24. Source: Stuff.co.nz It took firefighters more than four hou
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Scion first to use out of sight drones

19 November 2015
Scion, the forestry Crown research institute, will become the first organisation in New Zealand to fly drones beyond line of sight when it seeks approval under new Civil Aviation Authority rules to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for forest monitoring. Source: The National Busines
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