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Sawlog prices continue to drop in Finland and Sweden

07 January 2020
Domestic sawlog prices in Finland and Sweden have been declining for more than a year because of lower demand from the region’s sawmills. However, the reduced wood raw-material costs have not kept pace with the falling prices for lumber, which has resulted in lower margins for the saw
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FSC responds to media reports of wrongful activity in Ukraine

07 January 2020
Recent media reports examined the Austrian parquet market and its Ukrainian suppliers, doubts were raised about the effectiveness of FSC controls in Ukraine. They suggest FSC certification was not an effective means of punishing or exposing violations of FSC standards. Source: Timberb
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Finland court rejects bioproduct mill for Finnpulp

07 January 2020
In December 2019, the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO) of Finland rejected the environmental permit for the Finnpulp bioproduct mill in Kuopio. The decision came after a vote with two members in favour of awarding environmental permit. The decision is final and is not subject to an
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Stakeholder tour of Jarrahwood

07 January 2020
A bus tour through Jarrahwood plantation near Donnybrook has helped improve stakeholder understanding about WA’s softwood forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz Stakeholder Engagement Leader Soni Lamond said the tour covered key aspects of softwood production, including establishment, m
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One Billion Trees distributed $42m in 2019

07 January 2020
New Zealand’s One Billion Trees Grants and Partnership Funding continues to support New Zealand’s forestry sector and regions, funding NZ$42.55 million across 42 innovative projects during 2019. Source: Timberbiz Te Uru Rākau’s Acting Deputy Director-General, Sam Keenan, said that 228
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VicForests releases amended Timber Release Plan and Utilisation Plan

07 January 2020
VicForests has released the amended Timber Release Plan (TRP) and Timber Utilisation Plan (TUP) following the completion of its consultation period. VicForests Chief Executive Officer Monique Dawson said the gazetted plans, released on Christmas Eve, provided industry with certainty,
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Hyne’s Tumbarumba mill wedged between two walls of fire

07 January 2020
Hyne’s Tumbarumba Mill employs approximately 200 people who are currently managing their personal response to the emergency as a priority. The mill has been shut since New Year’s Eve. The town had been trapped between two bushfires coming together from Victoria and New South Wales, ma
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Federal and State governments commit to bushfire relief

07 January 2020
Money and resources – both Federal and State – will soon begin pouring into the worst of the fire-ravaged areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Federally, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a $2bn bushfire recovery fund with rebuilding communities the top pri
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Kangaroo Island to begin salvage of burnt timber

07 January 2020
On Kangaroo Island where a third of the island was burnt, harvesting of plantation timber will begin early after almost 1900ha, or about 17% of the region’s biggest timber company’s holdings were affected by the fires. It was reported that lighting had set off a secondary fire in the
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Australia is under fire

07 January 2020
There are fears two massive bushfires burning on the NSW-Victorian border could join in coming days, creating one massive fire front. CFA state response controller Gavin Freeman said there was a “real potential” the fires burning along the state border could combine. The Corryong fire
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