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Timber tops interior awards

16 June 2016
Timber lines the floor, ceiling and walls of a Darling Harbour apartment that has just won the award for best interior in Australia. Source: Stuff The apartment, designed by architecture firm Chenchow Little, has taken out the top award in the Australia Interior Design Awards. Domain.
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Wood plastic takes global market by storm

16 June 2016
Scion and licensing partner Sonae Indústria is one of 12 finalists in this year’s KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. Together they have commercialised an innovative wood fibre reinforced plastic branded as Woodforce. Source: Timberbiz “Plastics made with wood fibre are stronge
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Are new RFAs the answer?

16 June 2016
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating implemented a revolutionary change to the framework for managing Australia’s forests. A quarter of a century later the time has come to revisit the forest agreements, argues Rod Keenan. Source: Policy Forum Native forest timber harvesting has been a
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Novel tool for sawmill students

16 June 2016
New recruits to the sawmill industry will get a better picture of timber grains and how to saw them with a new training tool created at Scion. Source: Timberbiz Using Lloyd Donaldson and Alan Dickson’s microscopic images of radiata pine, digital images have been converted to 3D comput
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On-farm tree cutting concerns

16 June 2016
New South Wales farmers have lopped paddock trees at an accelerating rate in the past 18 months even before a new land-clearing law eases controls further according to government data. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The new figures, which reveal the rate of clearing of paddock tree
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IFS Growth adds value to forests in New Zealand

16 June 2016
Invercargill City Forests has bought a 24.9% stake in forestry management company IFS Growth. Source: Scoop NZ Invercargill City Forests is a subsidiary of council-controlled organisation Invercargill City Holdings, while IFS Growth is an Invercargill-based company that works in fores
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Forest operations courses in Australia and New Zealand

16 June 2016
Forest operations courses will be held in Australia and New Zealand in August for harvest managers, supervisors and planners. Source: Timberbiz The courses are aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of forestry managers and contractors in some of the highest impact areas of the f
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Health concerns for sawmill workers

16 June 2016
Erica Herangi, Taniora Makene, Joe Harawira, Mania Paiti, Kereama Akuhata, John Miller and John Tucker, meet at the Putaruru Timber Museum for support and updates on health checks. Source: Stuff NZ A special support group to support the health needs of sawmill workers continues to see
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WHO says glyphosate unsafe but still used in WA

16 June 2016
Forestry workers in Western Australia are still using the herbicide glyphosate despite the chemical’s safety being under review by the national regulator. Source: ABC News The World Health Organisation’s cancer research arm last year found glyphosate was probably carcinoge
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US moves against illegal Amazon wood importation

09 June 2016
US agents searched the offices of a California-based wood importer as part of a broadening government crackdown on imports of illegally harvested timber, according to a previously unreported federal search warrant seen by Reuters. Source: Reuters The Department of Homeland Security ag
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