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US at MumbaiWood to increase exports of hardwood

12 November 2019
Record participation at MumbaiWood 2019 as well as seminars with BTMA and FORHEX demonstrated increased commitment to market development in India. Around US$4.59 million of American hardwood lumber and veneer were exported to India during the first eight months of this year, according
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Timber industry to help meet house building targets in UK

12 November 2019
A report launched in the UK by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Timber Industries (APPG), highlights the key role timber industries can play in helping the Government meet its targets for house building whilst working to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Source: Timb
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Sodra reacts to lower demand for sawn timber

12 November 2019
Södra will extend production stoppages at some of its sawmills during the Christmas and New Year period. The move is in response to lower demand for sawn timber in the months ahead. The stoppages are expected to reduce production by 30,000 cubic metres. Source: Timberbiz Södra’s sawmi
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Scion develops biobased treatment for softwood radiata

12 November 2019
Scion has developed a new biobased treatment technology that can give softwood radiata pine durable properties. The treatment increases the performance of radiata pine timber in outdoor uses including decking, cladding, outdoor furniture and exterior joinery. Source: Timberbiz Unlike
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Queensland saves native forestry jobs and keeps harvesting open

12 November 2019
Thousands of hectares of native forest north of Noosa, which had been due to become national park, will now be kept open to the timber industry in order to save hundreds of jobs. Source: Timberbiz The Queensland Government made the decision to extend the current harvesting permits in
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NSW closes all northern state forests due to bushfires

12 November 2019
All State forests from Sydney to the Queensland border, and in the Northern Tablelands, Central West and Moss Vale are now closed to the public until further notice due to the ongoing fire risk. This latest closure notice includes all State forests across the Central West, Central Coa
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Vic Labor fiddles while forests burn

12 November 2019
Australia’s professional body for forest scientists, forest managers and forest growers, the Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers has condemned the Andrews Government decision to end native forestry in Victoria as ‘short-sighted.’ Source: Timbe
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AFPA says Labor decision at odds with Labor policy

12 November 2019
Victorian communities and families will be reeling after the devastating news that the Andrews Government will close down the state’s native forestry industries by 2030. The move will see the loss of thousands of jobs and the withdrawal of key investment in many regional and rural cen
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CFMEU condemns Vic government for ‘heartless stupid decision’

12 November 2019
The powerful construction and forestry union has joined in the condemnation of the launched a stinging attack on the Victorian State Government over the decision to end logging in Victoria’s native forests. The CFMEU says the government has made a “heartless stupid decisio
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Victorian Labor – one hand gives, while the other takes away

12 November 2019
Corryong sawmill operator and pallet manufacturer Graham Walker received a letter in October from Victoria’s Minister for Regional Development, Agriculture and Resources Jaclyn Symes good enough to take to the bank. In fact, he did. The letter recommended he continue to work with VicF
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