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How Oregan is turning kids towards forestry

Pursuing a livelihood in the forest products industry opens one up to being a sounding board for these and so many other misconceptions about this work. Conversations around renewability, reforestation, and forest management are few and far between: unless we start them. Source: Build
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UK Accord between Forestry Commission and National Parks

A new Accord that aims to expand and enhance woodland in National Parks to protect wildlife and connect people with nature has been launched at the New Forest Show in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The Accord, a statement of a shared ambition between the Forestry Commission and National Pa
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Pro Nemus – Metsa’s walk in the woods visitors centre

Like a walk in the woods. That’s what it feels like in Metsä Group’s Pro Nemus visitor centre, which opened its doors in a corner of the Äänekoski bioproduct mill recently. Source: Timberbiz Built next to the mill’s enormous pulp storage towers, Pro Nemus offers an entirely new kind o
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NZ getting the jitters from Mr Trump

New Zealand’s booming export log market is starting to catch the jitters as concerns mount about the impact of US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Source: Newsroom Pro Demand for New Zealand logs has been strong over recent years as local sawmills compete with the export mark
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Salmon wins the tussle over Dover

A dispute with salmon company Tassal is being blamed for scuttling plans to use Dover to export woodchips. CEO of Southwood Fibre James Neville-Smith said the woodchip export project planned for Dover would not go ahead due to an impasse with salmon giant Tassal. Source: ABC News Tass
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Funding launch for Mount Gambier hub should spark national forestry innovation ideas

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the call for project proposals from the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) Mount Gambier hub, and ideas that could benefit the forest industries sector nationwide are encouraged to apply for grant fu
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. 1. 25.8% – the proportion of Australia’s Softwood log export
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Hyne Timber with WoodSolutions’ model program

Hyne Timber is partnering with WoodSolutions to supply both lightweight and massive timber elements for the construction of a unique, full-scale multi-storey timber construction model at Holmesglen Institute, Chadstone. Source: Timberbiz 
 Laurence Ritchie, WoodSolutions mid-rise advi
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Contractor Certification Pilot Program 

In June this year, the New South Wales (NSW) Government announced it would invest over four years $70+ million to support the forest industry in NSW. Source: Timberbiz
 The announcement included $4.6 million to support training and accreditation for forestry contractors.  This part of
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AFPA congratulates AKD Softwoods’ huge timber processing investment

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulated AKD Softwoods on its acquisition of Carter Holt Harvey Timber Pty Ltd (CHHT) sawmilling assets in NSW. Source: Timberbiz CHHT sawmilling assets include a sawmill and timber treatment facility in Tumut, a 50% interest in t
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