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Rayonier CEO David Nunes to retire

03 November 2023
Rayonier announced that David Nunes will be retiring as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board, effective 31 March 31, 2024. Pursuant to a multi-year succession planning process led by the Board of Directors, Mark McHugh, currently President and Chief Financial Officer, wil
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Indonesian palm plantations to be returned to forests

03 November 2023
Some 200,000 hectares of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests in Indonesia are expected to be returned to the state to be converted back into forests, a government official said. Source: Reuters Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer and exporter,
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Continued fight against giant pine scale

03 November 2023
As the fight continues to limit impacts to South Australia’s $1.4 billion forest industry from the sap sucking plant pest giant pine scale, gardeners and residents in the Hope Valley area are being asked to report any signs of the destructive pest. Source: Timberbiz Given the ri
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NZ Timber Design Award goes to school

03 November 2023
A biophilic-inspired building made up of classrooms and community spaces designed to enhance cognitive function and emotional wellbeing has won the 2023 NZ Timber Design Award’s Supreme Award. Source: Timberbiz Green School NZ’s “Kina” project on a former farm in Taranaki was ju
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Australian Timber Design Awards winner a refit of Sydney’s Opera House

03 November 2023
ARM Architecture’s refit of the Sydney Opera House’s interior has been named overall winner of the 24th Australian Timber Design Awards presented at the Cargo Hall in Melbourne last night. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Timber Design Awards is a national competition to p
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Vic govt tells Vic builders to stop using native hardwood

03 November 2023
The Victorian building industry has been directed to cease designing and constructing homes with native hardwood timber by the Victorian Labor Government. Source: Timberbiz In a recent letter to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), Labor “strongly recommends” builders cease using n
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Government releases a paper: Victoria’s timber industry in a time of transition

03 November 2023
The State Government in Victoria has released a new Parliamentary Library paper examining the State’s native timber industry, the debate about its future, the varied and at times competing interests, policies, philosophies and approaches that influence a sector with multiple sta
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Friday analysis: Tis the season for awards

03 November 2023
It’s the awards season, it seems, with timber in many facets being celebrated across Australia and in New Zealand as well. The “season” started with September’s Tasmanian Timber Awards where Forico’s Bryan Hayes was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to the Tasmanian Timber I
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Margules Groome – Are Australian Forestry Growers and Processors Ready for Climate-Related Disclosures

03 November 2023
Earlier this year, the Australian Government confirmed that it will make climate-related disclosures mandatory for large businesses and financial institutions. In June 2023, the Commonwealth Treasury proposed a design for a mandatory climate reporting framework. The framework is to be
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New operating model at logging sites in Finland

01 November 2023
Stora Enso has launched a new operating model at its logging sites in Finland to improve the vitality and biodiversity of forests. In practice, this is done by reducing the density of planted spruce from 1,800 seedlings per hectare to 1,600 seedlings per hectare. Source: Timberbiz Thi
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