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TOTY – the Tree of the Year

10 December 2021
A monster chestnut tree more than 600 years old, a hornbeam known as the ‘Teapot Tree’ that oozes character and a sycamore saved from the chop are just three of the trees in the running to be crowned the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year for 2021 in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The list
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Japan buys into Russian timber company to guarantee supply

10 December 2021
A leading Japanese real estate development firm says it is buying a majority stake in a Russian lumber producer. This comes as a global shortage has sent wood prices soaring. Source: NHK Iida Group Holdings announced it will acquire 75% of Russia Forest Products for nearly US$530 mill
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Prime Ministers of Finland and Sweden talk forestry

10 December 2021
Getting more understanding in the European Union (EU) for the Nordic environmental forestry policy was a top agenda item during new Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s visit to Finland this week. Source: Timberbiz Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said at a joi
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New RDO Equipment dealership means more opportunities for Tasmania

10 December 2021
RDO Equipment, Launceston’s local John Deere construction and forestry and Vermeer equipment dealer, has opened its new flagship Tasmanian dealership, creating more jobs and opportunities for customers in the region and across the state. Source: Timberbiz The new dealership is expecte
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Fish and Game are barking up the wrong tree

10 December 2021
The Forest Owners Association of New Zealand says Fish and Game’s criticism of exotic plantation forests doesn’t accord with reality. Source: Timberbiz “Fish and Game is, quite simply, barking up the wrong tree when it invents what it calls a ‘myriad of adverse impacts’ from exotic fo
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Date set for Green Triangle awards in 2022

10 December 2021
The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards Ceremony will be held on 11 March 2022 in Mount Gambier. Celebrating category finalists and announcing the 2021 GTTIA Award winners, the gala event will showcase the individuals and companies achieving great things in the area. Source: Timberb
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Victorian government wants to expand definition of old growth forest

10 December 2021
The Victorian Upper House inquiry into ecosystem decline wants to expand the definition of ‘old growth’ forest to include mature trees that are now being harvested. The Environment and Planning Committee recommended that the Victorian Government review the definitions of forest used i
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OFO has doubts about log availability post 2023

10 December 2021
A reduction in pine trees harvesting across the Green Triangle has been signalled by OneFortyOne with doubts expressed about the availability of logs beyond 2023 for smaller industry processors. Source: The SE Voice OneFortyOne operations general manager Mick Theobald said the company
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Opinion: Vic Jurskis – climate scientists generate hot air over megafires

10 December 2021
DTN’s headline “New CSIRO Research shows climate change lights fires” highlights the absurdity of some research findings emanating from our leading scientific institutions. CSIRO attributed our increasing fire disasters to industrial warming of 1.40C since 1910 causing increases in se
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Friday analysis: Save $62m by stopping NSW native forestry, no it will cost $622m

10 December 2021
A new study that claimed New South Wales taxpayers would save millions of dollars every year if the harvesting of native timber was stopped drew a sharp intake of breath in a number of quarters this week. None more so than from South East Timber Association secretary Peter Rutherford.
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