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FSC General Assembly postponed until 2021

08 April 2020
FSC’s principle decision-making platform, the triennial General Assembly, has been postponed to 2021. This decision was made by FSC’s International Board of Directors, who considered the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, and decided to postpone the event to protect the health of the o
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JCB on the front line of international aid

08 April 2020
JCB has launched an international aid initiative in the communities around its factories to help people in need of food as a result of disruption caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The company’s catering staff in the UK and India are preparing more than 37,000 meals a week for distri
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Ponsse harvester head for processing eucalyptus

08 April 2020
Ponsse has launched a new debarking H8HD Euca harvester head for eucalyptus sites. The new harvester head has been designed as a response to customers’ needs. The new harvester head has been designed for the Ponsse Bear harvester and it is an ideal solution for track-based machines. S
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PEFC introduces new website for NZ

08 April 2020
PEFC in New Zealand has a new online home with the announcement by the New Zealand Forest Certification Association (NZFCA) of a new website promoting PEFC forest certification for New Zealanders. Source: Timberbiz The new website will keep New Zealanders abreast of all things PEFC an
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AFCA provides COVID-19 Recommended Guidelines and Procedures document

08 April 2020
Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) members are being provided with a COVID-19 Recommended Guidelines and Procedures document which is being updated as new information becomes available.  Source: Timberbiz The website also has a list of resources that are also updated as
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Women’s leadership scholarships for forestry workers

08 April 2020
Women and Leadership International is offering scholarships of up to $5000 for current and aspiring female leaders with scholarships of $2000 to $5000 available to women working in the forestry and resources sector to help support their participation in a range of career building lead
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Indigenous fire management is the answer to reducing bushfires

08 April 2020
Indigenous fire management practices handed down from generation to generation could be the answer to reducing Australia’s catastrophic bushfires, a Darwin fire forum has been told. Source: SBS News Devastating bushfires in the southern states destroyed millions of hectares of l
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ForestTECH, WoodTECH and HarvestTECH all affected by COVID-19

08 April 2020
Organisers of ForestTECH 2020 which was scheduled to run in November are watching as Covid-19 developments progress before making a call on the event. However, WoodTECH 2020, scheduled to run in Rotorua on 19-20 August 2020 and then again in Melbourne on 25-26 August 2020 has been pos
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NZ forest industries need to get back to work

08 April 2020
Forest industry organisations in New Zealand are planning how to get back to work when restrictions on non-essential work are lifted for the industry. Organisations, representing forest growers, transport, processing and contractors have set up a working group to develop risk assessme
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Timber thefts from the Green Triangle

08 April 2020
People illegally cutting down protected redgum and stringybark trees from Green Triangle plantations are being warned the ‘forest is watching’. Police and forest landowners have joined forces to target reckless wood thieves who are fearlessly entering privately owned forestry estates
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