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Siviculture contractor introduces fully mechanised planting in Victoria

09 September 2022
Automatic precision forestry equipment, which plants and records data for every tree planted – machinery believed to be a first for Australia – has been used to create a pine plantation at Carboor.  Source: Wangaratta Chronicle Local vegetation and specialty silviculture c
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Canada files notice to challenge US duties on timber

09 September 2022
Canada filed notice that it will challenge, under Chapter 10 of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the final results of the US Department of Commerce’s third administrative reviews of its anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on softwood lumber from Canada. Sourc
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Nippon Paper and Mitsui Chemicals to develop new bio composite

09 September 2022
Nippon Paper Industries and Mitsui Chemicals will partner in the development of a new bio composite with a high content of cellulose powder, a woody biomass material. Source: Timberbiz The two companies intend to develop products and bring them to market at the earliest possible oppor
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Europeans think businesses fail to protect forests

09 September 2022
A strong majority of Europeans think businesses are failing in their responsibility to protect the world’s forests and therefore support a new law to ban products that destroy them. Source: Timberbiz A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Europeans (82%) believe businesses
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Federal gov’t gets it wrong on biomass

09 September 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has urged the Federal Government to heed the international scientific consensus and advice from the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change that sustainably sourced forest biomass is a renewable energy feedstock, following Tuesd
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Timber shortages easing in Australia

09 September 2022
Elevated imported timber prices, which more than doubled during the pandemic to add severe cost pressure on builders and homeowners, have begun to ease, with supplies now also more plentiful and alleviating recent shortages of the building material. Source: The Advertiser Australia’s
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Tas workplace protection passes despite Labor

09 September 2022
The Tasmanian Government’s Workplace Protection legislation has passed the Tasmanian Parliament despite being opposed by the Labor Opposition. Under the new Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) laws, protesters can now be slapped with harsher fines or longer jail terms for
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Sustainable native forestry has support from voters

09 September 2022
XNew polling by uComms shows broad support for a sustainable native hardwood industry. And the CEO of the Victorian Forest Products Association Deb Kerr believes the Victorian State Government should recognise that its decision to phase out a highly regulated industry was out of step
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Fennell Forestry flicks the switch to electric trucks

09 September 2022
Fennell is set to take over the first electric B-double loggers this month with a purpose-built charging station under construction in its yard. Janus Electric, a start-up in New South Wales, has developed technology that allows companies to convert existing diesel engine trucks into
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Opinion: Gordon Wilson – NSW needs to deal with protesters on worksites

09 September 2022
Blockade Australia activities which stopped Sydney peak hour traffic on 27 June 2022 is an experience which timber harvesting contractors have been confronting for years. Source: Australian Rural & Regional News In the week ended 5 August 2022, on five successive days, protestors
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