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£16m to create new woodlands in UK

21 June 2021
Landowners will be paid thousands of pounds in bonuses for creating new woodlands that boost wildlife, increase public access and reduce flooding, under anew £16m scheme for England. Source: The Guardian UK The UK’s Forestry Commission plan will for the first time allow payments for n
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World Rainforest Day tomorrow

21 June 2021
World Rainforest Day on 22 June is a collaborative effort to raise awareness and encourage action to protect the world’s rainforests. Rainforests cover less than 3% of the Earth’s area but are essential to life on Earth and more than 25% of the medicines we use originate from ra
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Sweden has money to develop aviation fuel from forestry residues

21 June 2021
The Swedish Energy Agency announced it will grant funds to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Södra, Växjö Energi, SkyNRG, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and 2030-sekretariatet to continue research on the development of production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the Växjö region in S
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Frame appoints Corp Comm to run 2021 conference

21 June 2021
Frame Australia, organisers of the Timber Offsite Construction 2021 Conference and Exhibition has appointed event managers Corp Comm to run this year’s event on 16 -17 November. Source: Timberbiz “Corp Comm has been organising events for 20 years and brings a team of highly skilled ev
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Third Gen forester just keeps ‘rolling up’

21 June 2021
Stay steady, keep rolling up every day, and listen to some of the older fellas … that was the solid advice from logyard operator Tim Arnold. The third generation in his family to forge a career in forestry, Mr Arnold has just clocked up 25 years at the Jubilee Sawmill in Mount Gambier
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NSW’s Plastics Action Plan unlocks wood-based potential

21 June 2021
The NSW Government’s Plastics Action Plan has the potential to unlock new wood-based bioproduct industries, according to the Australian Forest Products Association NSW. Source: Timberbiz Plastics such as single-use lightweight bags, cotton-buds, straws and stirrers will be phased out,
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Logging contractors should work to salvage trees after Victorian storms

21 June 2021
Victoria’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Forestry Gary Blackwood wants the Victorian Government to engage logging contractors to assist with the salvage of fallen trees within the storm ravaged areas of the state. Source: Timberbiz Mr Blackwood said currently logging contractors were
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First ever OEL plant opens in Gisborne

21 June 2021
Stuart Nash, New Zealand Minister for Economic and Regional Development, and Minister of Forestry, has opened the Wood Engineering Technology’s Optimised Engineered Lumber (OEL) production line in Gisborne. The plant is the only one of its type in the world and Wood Engineering Techno
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Tasmania plans R&D powerhouse but needs Government funds

21 June 2021
Plans will be unveiled today for a new world-scale forest industries research and development powerhouse in Tasmania. The industry co-funded National Institute for Forest Products Innovation NIFPI would be headquartered at the University of Tasmania’s Newnham campus in Launceston and
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New $4.5m sawmill for Adelaide

21 June 2021
A new $4.5 million sawmill in the Adelaide Hills will be built which will increase timber supply and create local jobs thanks to a new long-term log supply agreement with ForestrySA. Source: Timberbiz KSI Sawmills, which currently operates a small mill at Nuriootpa, will build the new
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