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UK TTF and WPA partnership for joint promotion

26 March 2019
The UK’s Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the Wood Protection Association (WPA) are joining forces under a strategic partnership agreement aimed at strengthening the market for treated wood. The agreement focuses both organisations on working together to tackle the ‘priority actions’
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Slight drop in housing construction in UK

26 March 2019
According to the UK’s National House Builders Council (NHBC) 159,617 dwellings were approved in Great Britain in 2018. In 2007, 198,753 dwellings were approved. This was the second highest figure ever recorded since 1973. With reference only to England, 137,150 approvals for dwellings
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UN on Day of Forests turns attention to education

26 March 2019
The UN drew attention to the vital role that forests play in addressing some of the world’s greatest environmental challenges on the UN’s National Day of the Forests, and the importance of tackling the issues that threaten them, such as deforestation, and land degradation. The UN drew
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Call for nominations for Richard Stanton Awards for Excellence

26 March 2019
Responsible Wood is calling for nominations in this year’s coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence in Forest Management or Chain of Custody. This is the fifth year of the award which pays tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management in Australia
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Skills training for forestry jobs in Northland

26 March 2019
Minister of Employment Willie Jackson announced that the New Zealand Government will be providing skills training to Northland youth to help them get jobs in the forestry sector with the support of funding from the Provincial Growth Fund in the Eco Toa program. Eco Toa, meaning Ecolog
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Money grows on Trees in Tasmania

26 March 2019
Private Forests Tasmania, the Institute of Foresters of Australia, the Forest Practices Authority and the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association has combined to hold a field day to discuss incorporating trees into an agricultural setting. It will provide an opportunity for landown
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Colbeck announcements at Day of Forests dinner WA

26 March 2019
To celebrate the UN International Day of Forests the Leschenault Timber Industry Club held a dinner at the Sanctuary Golf Resort in Bunbury, Western Australia. Senator Richard Colbeck Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Nola Marino MP, Member for Forrest were am
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AFPA welcomes NIFPI funding but push for more before Federal election

26 March 2019
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomed the recent announcement by the Federal and South Australian Governments, of more than $5 million in combined funding and industry support for the second round of forest industry related R&D projects, through the Mount Gamb
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Second round of NIFPI projects announced

26 March 2019
Australia’s forestry industries will benefit from more than $2.4 million of new research through the second round of projects funded under the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) centre in Mount Gambier. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resource
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NSW election result removes threat from koala national park

26 March 2019
The peak forestry body in New South Wales says the election of the Coalition Government has removed the threat from the proposed new koala national park but much work remains to be done. Timber NSW General Manager Maree McCaskill said the proposed Great Koala National Park in northern
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