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FSC on the Map to trace forestry from your desktop

09 April 2021
Imagine a remote forest, difficult to find, track down, let alone find data about. From the satellite straight to the comfort of your desk, you can now find some of the FSC forests around the globe on your computer screen, see how they are managed. Source: Timberbiz FSC developed a ma
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Strong softwood demand and tight supply is a worldwide issue

09 April 2021
Strong global demand for softwood means that supply will continue to be tight in 2021 in the UK, and may well tighten further, it was revealed at the UK TTF’s Softwood Conference. Source: Timberbiz Rather than viewing the current situation as a temporary spike before returning to old
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A share in FWPA’s clean slate strategic plan

09 April 2021
If you have ideas about initiatives the industry should consider that could support the ongoing success of the Australian forest and wood products sector, now is the time to share them according to Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA). Source: Timberbiz FWPA has initiated the dev
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Vic forestry plan is a unicorn policy says Peter Walsh

09 April 2021
The Victorian State Government has been accused of wanting to destroy the state’s native timber industry and was “chopping down everyone and everything standing in its way” to do it. Source: Timberbiz Victoria’s Nationals leader and Shadow Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh said that li
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NZ forest organisations reject timber shortage is aligned with sales to China

09 April 2021
New Zealand’s forest organisations have joined to reject statements that the current shortage of framing timber is caused by foresters selling logs to China and not leaving enough timber to be processed for sale in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz The Wood Processors and Manufacturers A
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Timber Queensland wants crackdown on non-compliant hardwood log exports

09 April 2021
The Queensland timber industry is calling for a crackdown on regulatory compliance for native hardwood log exports and a suspension of federal export licences from Queensland until such time as an adequate compliance regime is put in place. Source: Timberbiz Chair of the Timber Queens
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Code breaker: Blackwood pressures D’Ambrosio to release the timber review

09 April 2021
The refusal of the Environment Minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, to release the promised changes to Victoria’s code of forestry practice is threatening the survival of several Gippsland timber businesses, according to Narracan MP Gary Blackwood. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz Mr Blackw
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Opinion SETA: forest health funding focus should be on causes not management

09 April 2021
Over the past 5 years, the NSW government has committed millions of dollars to fire and recently $1.2 million to ecological research. Much of the fire research funding has been used to justify operational fire management policy, that fails to facilitate greatly increased levels of bus
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Friday analysis: D’Ambrosio’s forestry review is missing in action

09 April 2021
There is an old saying, particularly in political circles, that no review or inquiry should be commissioned unless the result is known in advance. This is because, all too often, many reviews or inquiries are held to justify the position held by the commissioning authority. Source: Br
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Tesla electric trucks for log hauling in Canada

07 April 2021
Mosaic Forest Management in partnership with local Vancouver Island service provider, EcoWest Driven, will introduce several Tesla electric semi-trucks into log hauling. Source: Timberbiz According to Mosaic, the BC forest sector has a significant role to play in addressing climate ch
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