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Canada to tempt forestry with $10m

28 February 2020
The Nova Scotia government is hoping to tempt the province’s forestry companies to invest in their operations with a new Can$10-million, two-year forestry innovation rebate program. The program applies to capital projects between Can$1 million and Can$15 million and allows companies t
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Trillion Trees Act for the US

28 February 2020
US Republican Bruce Westerman introduced the Trillion Trees Act, legislation that would plant one trillion trees globally by 2050 and incentivize the use of wood products as carbon sequestration devices. Source: Timberbiz “Trees are the ultimate carbon sequestration device,” Mr Wester
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New FSC Trademark License Agreement to be rolled out

28 February 2020
The revised and improved license agreement for the FSC certification scheme will initially be implemented with a pilot phase, starting early in the 2Q 2020 in Brazil, China, Germany, Russia and the United States before being extended to other countries later in the year. Source: Timbe
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New Forests to acquire forestry assets of Bunbury Fibre Plantations

28 February 2020
New Forests has announced that investment funds managed by the firm will be used to purchase the hardwood plantation assets of Bunbury Fibre Plantations from Mitsui Bussan Woodchip Oceania (MWO). Source: Timberbiz The Bunbury Fibre Plantations asset includes around 12,000 hectares of
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Promised wood first policy would help NZ/China log jam

28 February 2020
More wood use in New Zealand would help environment and reduce market pressure in China according to New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association. The government should be looking at more wood use in New Zealand, which would have environment and trade benefits. Source: Timberbiz Associatio
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Recovery fund in Victoria should include re-seeding forests

28 February 2020
Environmental restoration work, including the re-seeding of forests and rehabilitation of affected flora and fauna needs to be funded by the Victorian Government, according the Liberal Nationals. Source: Timberbiz The Liberal Nationals believe a dedicated fund is required to ensure th
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Fire inquiry axed

28 February 2020
An inquiry into the summer’s bushfire begun three months ago by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy has been wound up. The decision follows the Government’s announcement of a National Royal Commission into the “black summer” bushfires. Source:
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What is the definition of stupidity? Bearly plausible guidelines

28 February 2020
With the NSW Koala State Environment Planning Policy being released in the middle of the biggest wildfire crisis, one might expect that learnings from this fire season would be applied to the Koala Habitat Protection Guideline. By Peter Rutherford South East Timber Association The Sta
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Ross Hampton discusses the lock it and leave strategy

28 February 2020
It has been a tragic fire season. Families and communities have been devastated, not to mention the loss of livestock, native animals and carbon emissions pumped into the atmosphere. Then there are the stories of small businesses going broke and children developing asthma from the mon
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From forestry protests’ green light to Koalas on the quiet

28 February 2020
So much is happening, and the scene is changing daily from so many different directions. It can be difficult to keep up, but here we go. It is clear the Coronavirus, or perhaps more accurately the COVID-19 virus, cannot be ignored by Australia’s timber industry. By Bruce Mitchell Whil
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