The elephant in the Tassie political room
08 March 2018
The contrast could hardly be greater. In 2014, as Will Hodgman returned the Liberal party to power in Tasmania after 16 years in the political wilderness, central to his pitch was a bold promise: he would tear up a forestry peace deal and immediately convene meetings to rebuild the in
Continue Reading →NZ expands restrictions on foreign investment in forestry
08 March 2018
New Zealand is to expand investment restrictions in the country’s lucrative forestry sector that would require foreign investors to gain regulatory approval before receiving the rights to harvest trees. Source: Reuters Associate Finance Minister David Parker said in an emailed stateme
Continue Reading →Wall of wood to travel by train
08 March 2018
Timber trains are expected to resume running by the end of this year on part of KiwiRail’s mothballed Napier – Gisborne line in the east of North Island, the operator announced on February 26. Source: The Railway Gazette The line has been out of use for the past six years, but KiwiRai
Continue Reading →OneFortyOne – no sawlog exports
08 March 2018
OneFortyOne Plantations has announced that as a result of strong domestic demand and the continued out-performance across the building industry, it has advised customers that there will be no sawlog exported from its estate for the next financial year. Source: Timberbiz OFO’s Chief E
Continue Reading →Entries open for NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards
08 March 2018
Entries are being accepted for the 2018 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards, with Stage One entries closing at 5pm on Thursday 30 April. Source: Architecture Now These awards are the premier space for architects, engineers and others to profile their recent work with locally-sourced t
Continue Reading →Pine to native forestry regeneration in NZ
08 March 2018
The last pine trees have been felled in a major Hawkes Bay conservation project in New Zealand that aims to convert a 4000-hectare pine plantation back to regenerating native forest. Source: Timberbiz More than 3500 hectares of the Maungataniwha Pine Forest have now been logged since
Continue Reading →A Victorian election is in the trees
08 March 2018
The Andrews government has spent years investigating claims of unlawful logging against its state-owned timber company without enforcing any penalties. Source: The Age Documents reveal Victoria’s environment department is currently probing 27 alleged forest breaches against VicF
Continue Reading →Friends of the Leadbeater’s Possum v VicForests
08 March 2018
VicForests is pleased that the Federal Court has rejected the argument brought against it by the Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum (FLBP). The Court found that VicForests was not affected by government delays in reviewing the Central Highlands Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). Sources: Ti
Continue Reading →PNG government cancelling defective leases
01 March 2018
Papua New Guinea’s Forestry Minister says the government is cancelling defective Special Agriculture Business Leases (SABL) as relevant departments work their way through the legalities of the process. Source: Radio New Zealand Under the SABL system, about 12% of the countryR
Continue Reading →Tokyo 2020 confirms rainforest wood use
01 March 2018
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee has confirmed that 87% of the plywood panels used to build its new national stadium come from southeast Asian rainforests. Source: Climate Change News But the timber cannot be traced back to its original source under the committees’s certif
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