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Timber Construction Barriers and Solutions in the UK

28 June 2023
The latest report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Timber Industries, ‘Timber Construction: Barriers and Solutions’, provides a set of policy recommendations to expand low-carbon timber construction in the UK. Source: BDC Magazine Increasing the use of timber in c
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Log Max harvesting head for many types of felling

28 June 2023
New Log Max 5000V is a versatile harvesting head suitable for a wide selection of carriers and for many types of felling. This is a head for those who want a balance between flexibility, capacity and durability. Source: Timberbiz The new saw unit 318 MK2 will make your work easier. Wi
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Monitoring and evaluation tool to show the impact of climate change in forests

28 June 2023
FORWARDS is an EU-funded project that will prototype The ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation tool that will help in demonstrating the impact of climate change on forests, guiding decision-making for practical forest management. Source: Timberbiz Five proje
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New agreement with UTAS will drive innovation

28 June 2023
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes progress to establish a new research and development institute to drive innovation for Australia’s forest products sector, with an agreement struck between the Commonwealth and University of Tasmania (UTAS) on the $100 million
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Increasing the supply of housing is a call for action

28 June 2023
Housing affordability across Australia has continued to decline as interest rates continue to rise. It now requires 1.6 average incomes to service the typical new mortgage, compared with 1.2 incomes in 2019 according to HIA’s Deputy Managing Director for Policy and Industry, Jocelyn M
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Scion’s submission on Climate Change Commission’s draft advice

28 June 2023
Last week Scion in New Zealand submitted its input to the He Pou a Rangi – Climate Change Commission’s draft advice to the government on the next Emission Reduction Plan. Source: Timberbiz The Commission’s advice makes it clear that reducing emissions and keeping them down will take s
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AFPA delivers its updated strategic plan

28 June 2023
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has released its updated strategic plan document for 2023-26. Diana Gibbs Chair for the AFPA board said that AFPA is committed to delivering beneficial outcomes for the sector, and members remain the central focus for the board and man
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Victorian Labor creates uncertainty for forestry management civil contractors

28 June 2023
Civil contractors working in forestry management are shrouded in uncertainty after the Andrews Government said it would transition displaced native timber workers into the industry. Source: Timberbiz Forestry management contractors have for decades been performing work for the state g
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Andrews has wiped out a billion-dollar industry and jobs of thousands of Victorians

28 June 2023
The Andrews Government has failed Victorians by failing to close loopholes in the Timber Code of Practice wiping out a billion-dollar industry that employed thousands of Victorians Melina Bath said in a statement following the handing down of the Victorian Supreme Court decision. Sour
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Final nail for native timber harvesting driven by Victorian Supreme Court

28 June 2023
On Tuesday this week the Victoria’s Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by VicForests against an earlier decision of a judge in the Trial Division of the Supreme Court. This has ended any hope of an attempt to continue native timber harvesting. Source: Timberbiz, Weekly Times
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