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Richard Stanton award to Sydney Metro team

24 October 2019
The sustainability team behind Australia’s largest infrastructure project in recent years, the Sydney Metro Northwest project has won the coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management for 2019. Source: Timberbiz Announced during the Responsible
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EU should include wood and forestry in finance taxonomy

24 October 2019
Bioenergies, including wood, biofuels and forest-based industries, should be recognised under the EU’s draft sustainable finance taxonomy, in line with the recently-updated renewable energy directive, an industry coalition has claimed. Source: Euractiv The EU’s draft taxonomy for gree
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Trump aims to lift protections on Tongass Forest Alaska

24 October 2019
The Trump administration is seeking to lift federal protections on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, paving the way for possible timber harvests and road construction in the largest national forest in the US. Source: NPR Last week, the US Forest Service, part of the Department of
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Malaysian Wood Expo 2019

24 October 2019
The Malaysian Wood Expo 2019 which is from 19 to 21 November 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is jointly organised by the Malaysian Timber Council and Panels & Furniture Group of wood magazines, two powerhouses in Southeast Asia’s timber and woodworking sector. Currently, Malaysia’s
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Head of forestry school recognised in science awards

24 October 2019
The University of Canterbury’s Head of the School of Forestry, Professor Bruce Manley, has won a Forestry Science Award for his dedication to, and leadership within, forestry research, and his innovative work on carbon forestry. Source: Timberbiz Professor Manley has led research grou
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Swamp kauri found at building site 45,000 years old

24 October 2019
A cache of swamp kauri found by construction workers earlier this year on the West Auckland building site of the country’s largest retail store may yield important information about climate change according to a leading environmental scientist. Source: Timberbiz Results from radiocarb
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Timber features bring home the awards for Master Builders

24 October 2019
Larkin and Drought Builders has received dual awards for Master Builder of the Year and Regional Residential Builder of the Year. Master Builders Victoria CEO Rebecca Casson and President Richard Hansen presented the awards for the company’s Barwon Heads home that features concrete wa
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AKD in the pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

24 October 2019
To honour family, friends and colleagues this Breast Cancer Awareness month, AKD Softwoods has turned pink this October to raise money and awareness. Source: Timberbiz AKD has partnered with the McGrath Foundation this Breast Cancer Awareness month by jumping on board its Pink Up Your
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Fire retardant coatings for building materials developed

24 October 2019
A new technique to develop fire-retardant coatings for rigid polymer foam-based building materials has received funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships program. The project has researchers from five Australian universities and four international univer
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Young Gippslanders voice their endorsement of forestry

24 October 2019
The opinions of young Gippslanders have been in captured in a report outlining their recommendations to the State Government on the future management of forests in Victoria. Shadow Minister for Public Land Use and The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath was joined by Lea
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