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Looping wooden sculpture for Hong Kong

18 June 2021
Marking its 50th anniversary this year, the Sino Group Hong Kong commemorated five decades of community-building with the unveiling of a permanent site-specific wooden art piece, Time Loop. Source: Timberbiz Sino partnered with the internationally acclaimed British designer Paul Cocks
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EU considers tightening biomass rules

18 June 2021
The European Union is considering tightening rules on whether wood-burning energy can be classed as renewable and count towards green goals, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Source: Reuters The aim is to protect delicate ecosystems like old growth forests an
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Vortex training simulators take the stress out of learning

18 June 2021
CM Lab Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, has released a case study about one of Quebec Canada’s leading forestry training institutions. Mont-Laurier offers comprehensive instruction on skills such as tree-felling to operation and maintenance of harvest, loading, tr
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NZ has a plan for timber first

18 June 2021
Government agencies are getting new support to reduce carbon emissions generated by construction of new buildings, with the release of practical guidance to shape decisions on public projects in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz New Zealand’s Ministers for Building and Construction and f
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Tigercat carbonator used in new SA pilot project

18 June 2021
A Tigercat carbonator has been used in an innovative new pilot project in Adelaide’s southern suburbs to remove feral olive trees from national parks and turning them into a product which is helping grow grapes at McLaren Vale vineyards. Source: Timberbiz The carbonator reduces wood d
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WoodTECH cancelled for Australia and now NZ

18 June 2021
FIEA’s WoodTECH 2021 – already cancelled for Melbourne because of Covid complications – has now been cancelled for Rotorua, New Zealand. The conference was scheduled for 3-4 August 2021. Source: Timberbiz Organisers said that as of mid-June, international borders remained closed which
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Three new timber contracts for SA sawmills

18 June 2021
ForestrySA has awarded three new timber contracts from the Mount Lofty Ranges. Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development David Basham said sawmills in the Adelaide Hills, the South-east and Mid North will benefit from the outcomes of ForestrySA’s recent tender for long
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Forestry industry bands together to remove misleading koala ads

18 June 2021
Forest & Wood Communities Australia (FWCA) and several forest industry groups have been successful in having insurance giant NRMA remove false and misleading material from its Every Home is Worth Protecting ad campaign. Source: Timberbiz FWCA chairman Steve Dobbyns raised concerns
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Eulogy for Paul Rosin by Brett Jones Managing Director Komatsu Forest

18 June 2021
Tumut-based Rosin Developments’ Paul Rosin passed away on May 24, aged 55. A service celebrating Paul’s life was held at the Tumut Lawn Cemetery on 5 June. The following is a eulogy for Paul prepared by Komatsu Forest Managing Director Brett Jones. It was a great honour to know
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Friday analysis: high timber demand means everyone’s too busy to meet

18 June 2021
Covid-19 continues to claim its victims – both medically and economically – across the world. Australia, and New Zealand, have in relative terms been lucky. Being isolated islands has helped. While the vaccines seem to be working and fatalities seem few if any at all, vigilance
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