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Everyone a winner if we focus on environmental infrastructure

14 February 2022
The Victorian wood and fibre sector has welcomed the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into environmental infrastructure for Victoria’s growing population. The committee, chaired by Sarah Connolly and Darren Cheeseman, published its recommendations last week which include con
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Little impact on pines in WA fires

14 February 2022
Western Australia’s Forestry Minister Dave Kelly has reassured the local construction and building industry that recent bushfires in the State’s south have had little impact on the State’s pine plantations, and that construction timber supplies would continue unaffected. W
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McGowan Government failing small businesses

14 February 2022
The WA State Government’s draft forestry workforce transition package has shown, according to the State Opposition, that Labor has yet again shown that it does not care about small business. “Although I welcome the Government’s long-awaited support package for forestry workers, it onl
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NSW leads in new home sales

14 February 2022
Sales of new detached homes recorded an exceptionally strong quarter, led by Australia’s largest state. “New home sales in the three months to January 2022 increased by 21.4 per cent on the previous quarter,” HIA economist Tom Devitt said. “Excluding the period associated with the Hom
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New peeling plant for Alberton Timber and Treatment Plant

14 February 2022
The Member for Gippsland Darren Chester recently visited Alberton Timber and Treatment Plant to inspect the and hear about the operation’s expansion. Mr Chester said the plant had just undergone a $1 million upgrade with the Federal Government providing $550,000 for the peeling plant
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Forestry companies back safety of Nelson Tasman communities during fire season

14 February 2022
Top of the South forestry companies and Fire and Emergency New Zealand have taken a new step in their longstanding collaboration to make our communities safer from vegetation fires this summer. The forestry companies OneFortyOne New Zealand, Tasman Pine Forests and PF Olsen Ltd have s
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‘Endangered’ status for NSW koalas welcomed by AFPA

14 February 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association NSW has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to boost protections for koalas while raising the threatened species status from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’. Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association NSW, Victo
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Developing the forest bioeconomy in Finland with China

11 February 2022
The region of North Karelia, Finland, has a strong forest-based bioeconomy sector as a result of many years of determined work. A new report by researchers from the European Forest Institute and Natural Resources Institute Finland describes the region’s opportunities for increasing co
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Forest eye looks out for trees

11 February 2022
A unique Forest Eye living tree feature focuses attention on forests fighting climate change and children planted the first trees forming a giant forest eye in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, joining representatives from Forestry England, arts organisation Sand In Your Eye and the Envi
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Tree species number around 73,000 more than 9000 undiscovered

11 February 2022
Science has come a long way in understanding the natural world, but there are still plenty of unknowns out there. One such unknown is the number of species on Earth, which is currently estimated to be around 8.7 million. Of tree species alone, there might be a lot more out there than
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