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Nationals want action on timber jobs fiasco

12 December 2022
The Andrews Labor Government must act urgently to address the threat of significant job losses in Gippsland due to its failed timber policy. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said Labor’s failure to amend the timber code of practice had allowed
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New York’s living tree map

12 December 2022
NYC Parks launched a first-of-its-kind living tree map, the NYC Tree Map showcasing nearly one million individually managed city trees that includes newly mapped, in-park trees that have unique IDs, species information, and maintenance status. Building on Parks’ previously launched St
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Sumitomo Forestry only Japanese company working on Forest Sector Roadmap

12 December 2022
Sumitomo Forestry took part as the only Japanese company in formulating the Forest Sector Nature-Positive Roadmap released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Source: Timberbiz WBCSD, a global, CEO-led community working toward attaining sustainable devel
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Russian Segezha Group eager to sell European assets

12 December 2022
Segezha Group has received and is now studying several offers from potential buyers of its assets in Europe according to the Russian forestry group’s president, Mikhail Shamolin. Source: Interfax But the company is also considering the alternative of forming joint ventures based
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Ernslaw One to pay for serious forestry offending

12 December 2022
Forestry company Ernslaw One Limited has been ordered to pay NZ$225,000 for serious forestry offending related to a storm event in Uawa/Tolaga Bay New Zealand in June 2018. Source: Timberbiz Ernslaw pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges laid against them by Gisborne District Cou
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Pallet shortages could disrupt Christmas deliveries

12 December 2022
A pallets shortage across Australia is interrupting production schedules at some food and grocery suppliers and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) says it could disrupt Christmas and post-holiday deliveries. Source: Inside FMCG Déjà vu? Yes, because the same shortage happe
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Major log transport event planned for May 2023

12 December 2022
In log transport, coverage of an array of new innovations around electric, hydrogen and diesel-hybrid powered vehicles, truck automation and platooning continue to roll out. Source: Timberbiz Right now, there’s a huge amount of interest by larger fleet operators and already, a number
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Free TAFE training in Tumut delivers practical timber skills

12 December 2022
TAFE NSW Tumut is delivering the practical skills to help the region’s timber industry recover from the Black Summer Bushfires as part of a unique partnership with industry group ForestWorks. Source: Timberbiz The fee-free training, which runs until 30 June 2023, will see more than 40
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Lily D’Ambrosio to control forestry in Victoria

12 December 2022
The new Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, led by Lily D’Ambrosio, will take control of agriculture and forestry from January 1 under a major restructure of departments. Source: Weekly Times Up until now Agriculture Victoria and VicForests had been part of
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Finland showing the way in sustainable forestry

09 December 2022
Finland, with a population smaller than Victoria’s, has shown the big role that a large sustainable forestry industry can play in cutting greenhouse emissions, according to an industry figure. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz Western District agriculturalist Andrew Lang, a senior
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