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Pulp paper bottle production a step closer with new collaboration

23 July 2021
Solenis, a global producer of specialty chemicals, is joining forces with Pulpex Limited and its global consortium partners to collaborate on the ongoing evolution of the Pulpex eco-friendly paper bottle. Source: Timberbiz Pulpex is a new sustainable packaging technology company estab
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Sumitomo Forestry joins with IHI to form forest consulting business

23 July 2021
Sumitomo Forestry and IHI Corporation announced that they have agreed on a business alliance for a “Forest Management Consulting Business” and for “the development of a sustainable business that maximizes the value of natural capital”. Source: Timberbiz The two companies have started
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US lumber prices crash

23 July 2021
US lumber prices have crashed in a short time span, taking only eight weeks to tumble 70% from record highs as the party ends for forestry companies. Source: the globe and mail The price sawmills charged wholesalers – known as the cash price – was US$485 for 1,000 board feet this week
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NZ forestry course guarantees employment as sector is short of workers

23 July 2021
At the height of Covid-19’s 2020 global impact job losses were rife within New Zealand’s forestry and wood industry. Now the sector is faced with a lack of skilled workers and an ageing workforce. Source: Stuff NZ The dilemma has prompted the Central North Island Wood Council to launc
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Icon retires and lends his name to a plantation road

23 July 2021
It’s not every day your family gets a plantation road named in their honour however, in the case of 68-year-old Terry Higgins, it’s well deserved. Source: Timberbiz The OneFortyOne icon has retired, following a career spanning five decades and centred around a strong family connection
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SA sawmills back to work to meet timber shortages

23 July 2021
A decision to allow the resumption of structural timber production in the state’s sawmills will let the industry play catch up for a week in a bid to reduce shortages threatening to derail the residential building boom. Source: InDaily The building industry has been forced to down too
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Timber Queensland and Planet Ark look to timber for Brisbane Olympics

23 July 2021
Timber Queensland and Planet Ark have welcomed the news that Brisbane has been successful in its bid to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games and will be the first host city to contractually agree to a climate-positive Games. Source: Timberbiz Timber Queensland’s Strategic
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VicForests acknowledges ABC apology – Vic drinking water was safe

23 July 2021
VicForests has acknowledged an apology from the ABC regarding its inaccurate reporting of allegations raised by Professor David Lindenmayer. Source: Timberbiz In April this year, the ABC reported on work from the ANU’s Prof David Lindenmayer, stating his “research found there has been
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Opinion: Prof Tolhurst AM & Prof Jerry Vanclay – selective science in bushfire mitigation

23 July 2021
Some ecologists and conservationists, opposed to timber harvesting, are trying to use bushfire disasters as a lever to stop native forest harvesting, but their case is based on opinion, beliefs and selective science. A 2016 study of over 1 million hectares burnt by wildfire in the 200
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Friday analysis: turning on the water works for the Green Triangle

23 July 2021
The Green Triangle region is blessed with a regular supply of rain. Mount Gambier, for example, gets around 660 mm (around 26 inches) of rain falls annually. So, it seems somewhat contradictory that the timber industry in the Green Triangle has a water problem. And not just a water pr
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