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Mount Gambier MP wants to earn carbon credits from South East plantations

13 September 2021
State and Federal MPs have poured cold water on Member for Mount Gambier Troy Bell’s push to lease carbon credits generated from the South East plantation estate to commercial entities, describing the value as minimal. Source: The Border Watch The independent MP has suggested the Stat
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UK import volumes return to record levels

10 September 2021
Thirteen years on from the global financial crisis of 2008, import volumes have returned to the record levels of 2007 in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The UK’s Timber Trade Federation’s most recent statistics show a surge of imported timber in June 2021, exceeding the one million m³ mark.
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ABB & Sodra’s strategic partnership for digitalization

10 September 2021
ABB and Södra have entered a long-term, strategic partnership to co-develop a roadmap to drive new levels of efficiency, engagement and digitalization across Södra’s enterprise to ultimately define the next generation mill. Source: Lesprom Together, Södra and ABB will lead the way in
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The cost of the China bans on Australian goods

10 September 2021
The cost of China’s ban on a series of Australian goods has been almost negligible for some of the country’s exporters, indicating Australia’s dependence on the world’s second largest economy for trade has not been as devastating as some had predicted, a new report has found. Source:
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Red Stag partnership with Ministry of Primary Industries to fund timber projects

10 September 2021
Design funding is available for qualifying yet-to-be-built wooden buildings as part of a partnership between the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries and Red Stag. Funding of several hundred thousand dollars is potentially available for a select number of projects that quality f
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Another firefighting air tanker added to the Australian fleet

10 September 2021
The Australian Government has announced the addition of a Large Air Tanker to provide year-round aerial firefighting capability. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Emergency Management Senator Bridget McKenzie said an annual $4 million boost to the National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAF
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Kangaroo Island Timbers begins trial burns

10 September 2021
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has begun trial burns of its fire-damaged timber. It follows the company announcing it would convert its plantations to farmland after the South Australian Government refused its proposal for a deepwater port at Smith Bay on the island’s north coast
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WA ban on native forestry will kill more than just an industry

10 September 2021
For 34 years Gary Bennett’s native timber furniture studio, JahRoc, has sat like beacon to travellers that you have now entered Margaret River – a home of environmentally sustainable craft and unique timber. Source: WA Today JahRoc, which Mr Bennett co-owns with David Paris, sits on t
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270 firefighters can’t do emergency response training due to activists

10 September 2021
Victoria’s emergency services personnel will no longer undertake vital safety training in felling trees, jeopardising the state’s response to bushfires and putting communities and first responders at risk. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals’ Member for Gippsland Melina Bath raised the al
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Opinion: Trevor Best – the impact of stress on forestry workers

10 September 2021
Forestry researcher Trevor Best has written a summary of research he was involved in at Canterbury University on the impact of stress on the wellbeing of forestry workers, and how it affects productivity and business profitability. With yesterday 9 September the official R U OK Day th
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