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China produces ultra-thin fibreboard

05 November 2021
The first ultra-thin fibreboard panels successfully rolled off the production line of the Shandong Xingang Enterprise Group Limited Company mill in China. Sources: Timberbiz, Tropical Timber Market Report This production demonstration plant for ultra-thin fibreboard is located in Yita
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Wooden greenhouse design that is heat provider not consumer

05 November 2021
A new wood-based design could reduce the carbon footprint of greenhouses by enabling them to become heat providers rather than consumers. The enclosed design is ideal for vertical farming and growing crops in urban areas using less land, fewer resources, and less water. Source: Timber
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COP26 forest pact frays as Indonesia cries unfair

05 November 2021
The COP26 forests pact frays as Indonesia calls it ‘unfair’ days after signing up as its environment and forestry minister says asking the developing country to halt deforestation by 2030 is unjust. Source: The Financial Times A global commitment to halt the destruction of the world’s
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Sustainable forest management is the answer

05 November 2021
WA’S forest industries have welcomed a commitment by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, COP26. Forest Industries Federation WA (FIFWA) Chief Executive Officer Adele Farina said the Deforestation Pledge was further reinforcement
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Timber shortages continue in New Zealand CHH stops supply to some merchants

05 November 2021
The decision made by Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) to discontinue supply of structural timber to some merchants comes as no surprise says the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation (NZTIF). In recent months all New Zealand sawmills have been under pressure to supply a booming domestic timb
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Strong demand remains for housing despite end of HomeBuilder

05 November 2021
Detached building approvals continue to suggest there is still strong demand for housing six months after the HomeBuilder stimulus ended in March. Source: Timberbiz “Detached building approvals in the three months to September 2021 remain up by 15.5% on the same quarter in 2020 and 32
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$2m on offer for more research projects in Gippsland

05 November 2021
Around $2 million is available to fund further research projects supporting forest industries in the Gippsland region. The Gippsland National Institute for Forest Products Innovation centre is calling for applications for the research projects. Source: Timberbiz The $2 million will be
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Misleading forestry claims damage real climate action

05 November 2021
Claims by the Bob Brown Foundation that a commitment from world leaders on halting deforestation by 2030 promises an end to native forest logging globally and in Australia by 2030 have been labelled both misleading and damaging to real climate action. Source: Timberbiz The Prime Minis
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Opinion: Peter McConachy – Labor has turned its back on rural Victorians

05 November 2021
My family is fourth generation timber industry and I first started in the industry 50 years ago. I have a long connection with CMFEU, first joining the union when I was 16 years old. At McConachy`s Road, Three Bridges, our family had a sawmill and plaster factory in the 1940s.  The ti
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Friday analysis: Bob Brown makes another jump to a false conclusion

05 November 2021
Give Bob Brown an inch and he’ll take a heck of a lot more than just a mile. Take this week’s quite valid pledge out of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use signed by more than 100 world leaders including our own prime minister Scott Morrison to halt deforestation
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