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UK Wood Awards shortlist

25 September 2020
Seventeen structures and nine product designs have been selected for the UK Wood Awards 2020 shortlist by this year’s independent panel of judges. The shortlist was announced to coincide with London Design Festival, 12-20 September. Source: Timberbiz The long-running Wood Awards
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Gender balance in the Nordic forest industry

25 September 2020
The Nordic forest industry is in dire need of labour, while the proportion of female forest workers is minimal. Women are a large untapped resource in Nordic forestry, according to Nordic Forest Research (SNS), which is now launching a report on gender equality in the Nordic forests.
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25 million more trees to green Australia

25 September 2020
Global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, the Global EverGreening Alliance and Greening Australia will plant 25 million trees across Australia, one of the largest-ever privately funded restoration projects in the country. The project will cover approximately 20,000 hectares of land,
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ForestWorks needs industry to help with developing careers for students

25 September 2020
ForestWorks is looking for members of the industry to voluntarily contribute their expertise to a new project that will develop career pathways for students into a range of forestry roles. Source: Timberbiz Industry says that one of the biggest challenges for the future is the attract
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Timberlink goes Danish with machinery

25 September 2020
Timberlink Australia has selected Danish based Kallesoe Machinery A/S as its manufacturing equipment supplier for the company’s planned Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) plant. Source: Timberbiz Working alongside Timberlink, Kallesoe will supply and commissi
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Timber Design Awards attracts more than 100 entries

25 September 2020
The annual Timber Design Awards, which show off the latest structures and furniture using milled or engineered wood as the lead material, have always been a reliably interesting forum for checking out what’s going down or up in the latest application of one of nature’s loveliest mater
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Victoria emergency management confirms need for native timber industry

25 September 2020
Victoria’s Inspector General for Emergency Management Tony Pearce has recognised the Victorian timber industry’s vital role in bushfire management in his Inquiry Into the 2019-20 Victorian Bushfire Season report. Source: Timberbiz And he has warned that the plan to shut down the indus
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SA government doubles investment in bushfire resilience

25 September 2020
Hazard-reduction burns will increase dramatically as part of a plan that will also double the investment in bushfire resilience, the South Australian Government will announce today. An additional $48.9m will be announced, taking the government’s commitment to almost $100m. Source: The
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Opinion – Tim Johnston: The timbre of voices in local government

25 September 2020
Next month, Victorians will go to the polls in local council elections. Like any election, the outcomes will be of great importance to our industry and the communities it supports. Across the state, support from local councils is of key importance for our industry. In the plantation s
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Friday analysis: the hazards of too many inquiries

25 September 2020
The various reviews, inquires and commissions into the nation’s devastating 2019-2020 bushfires seem to be having some mixed, if not conflicting results. The South Australian Government is to be applauded for biting the bullet and committing $100 million to increase hazard reduction b
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