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TimberLex portal describes forest laws around the world

26 July 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new online portal providing information on forest-related laws around the world in order to help promote legal forest management, timber production and trade, and contribute to efforts to make forest reso
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Wooden batteries facility starts up

26 July 2021
Stora Enso’s pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials from lignin has started operations. This follows the company’s EUR 10 million investment announced in 2019. Pilot production of Lignode, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. Source: Timberbi
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Sending orchard-origin stands to seed

26 July 2021
Forestry England is converting orchard-origin stands of 12,000 Scots pine in Kings Forest, Suffolk, to secure high-quality seeds to meet tree planting targets over the coming years. The stands of thirteen-year-old trees cover 10 hectares and have been grown from original orchard seed
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Stop the Chop NZ campaign to protect urban forests

26 July 2021
A new campaign to stop the cutting down of mature trees in New Zealand’s cities has launched. Kiwis have until 4 August to make an urgent Stop The Chop submission to ask the government to include protection of the urban forests in their newly proposed legislation so as to prevent tree
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Two SA projects to manage pests and weeds in rural areas

26 July 2021
The Australian Government is providing $740,000 to South Australia (SA) for two projects to improve the management of priority pest species for SA farmers, land managers and the environment, through a Federation Funding Agreement with states and territories as part of the $30.3 millio
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Demand for catalogue and magazine paper hit hard

26 July 2021
Demand for the main paper grades used to supply catalogues and magazines continues to slump, with imports especially hard hit. Light Weight Coated (LWC) grades of paper made from mechanical pulp have seen imports crash more than 73% over the last two years, falling to just 26.4 kt yea
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Australian genome sequence of spotted gum gets international attention

26 July 2021
Southern Cross University forest scientists can lay claim to a pivotal role in establishing the green shoots for sequencing the genome of Australia’s spotted gum. Since its release in May this year, the genome sequence of the spotted gum (Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata) has attr
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Strengthening Australia’s illegal logging laws with your help

26 July 2021
The review of the Australia-wide regulation to combat illegal logging and its associated trade is now open for consultation.  Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam said the review of the Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012 presents an opportunity to streng
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Radial may produce LVL from Victorian native forest thinnings

26 July 2021
  An upbeat Radial Timber is looking to move into producing LVL from plantations and possibly process native forest ‘thinnings’ despite the planned closure of Victoria’s native forest industry by 2030. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz Radial, which is based at Yarram in Victo
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24,000 hectares of pine in Green Triangle sold to AXA IM

26 July 2021
Investment house AXA IM has taken control of 24,000 hectares of pine plantations straddling the border between Victoria and South Australia in a $775 million deal with US fund manager Global Forest Partners, the biggest timber transaction in the country for more than a decade. Source:
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