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Stora Enso to invest 79m Euros in CLT production

Stora Enso will invest approximately Euro 79 million in a new production line for cross laminated timber (CLT) at its Ždírec sawmill in the Czech Republic. Production is scheduled to begin during the 3Q 2022. Source: Timberbiz The estimated annual production capacity will be approxima
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Update on US wildfires – the most challenging in fire history

California is in the midst of perhaps the most challenging fire year in its history, with yet another dangerous set of weather conditions developing in a state that endured unprecedented heat and explosive blazes over the weekend. Source: The Washington Post More than 2.2 million acre
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2020 Tree Report – a post bushfire focus

Planet Ark has released its 2020 Tree Report in the wake of relentless drought, a brutal and tragic summer of bushfires and the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian people and land are facing the task of recovering and rebuilding. Regeneration is perhaps more important for
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NZ to tackle 800,000 hectares of wildings

A nationwide plan to tackle more than 800,000 hectares of wilding pine infestations over the next year will generate up to 550 new jobs and help prevent future bushfires, say New Zealand Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare. Source: Timberbiz “W
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OneFortyOne puts a Fish in the forest

Second year forestry science student Hayley Fish had intended to train to be a veterinarian when a visit by OneFortyOne New Zealand’s Christoph Riedel to her school persuaded her to consider a career in forestry. Source: Timberbiz Hayley had always had an interest in biology and wante
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Aboriginal Rangers program creates jobs in forestry

Aboriginal Rangers from the Goldfields Land and Sea Council (GLSC) in Western Australia have continued to harvest sandalwood across the Rangelands as part of an ongoing FPC contract. Source: Timberbiz The State Government developed the Aboriginal Ranger Program to create jobs, trainin
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‘Bodgy’ paper clearly shows a conflict of interest

The Australian Forest Products Association wants the University of Tasmania to investigate Dr Jennifer Sanger over her links to the Bob Brown Foundation. Dr Sanger was co-author of a peer reviewed scientific paper with Professor James Kirkpatrick and Suyanti Winoto-Lewin from the Univ
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Timber imperfections should be embraced

If you’ve a timber yard, or driven past a timber truck, you’ve seen the rows upon rows of stacked timber, all cut to uniform lengths and widths. Have you ever wondered why we’re so fixated on this uniformity, rather than embracing the natural variation or ‘imperfections’ in timber tha
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Hyne Tumbarumba mill’s future in doubt

The family-owned 138-year-old Hyne Timber company is continuing to call for government support to direct Australian saw logs destined for China to their mill in Tumbarumba. Source: Timberbiz Chief Executive Officer Jon Kleinschmidt said employees and the community were increasingly co
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Pilot plant project for development of 3D fibre products

Metsä and Valmet have decided to continue the development collaboration related to 3D fibre products and to jointly invest approximately EUR 20 million in a new R&D project. As part of the project, a greenfield pilot plant will be built on Metsä Group’s mill site in Äänekoski, Fin
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