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Built by Nature €500,000 global prize for biobased materials use

17 November 2023
Built by Nature, a network and grant-making fund, has announced a global prize totalling €500,000 to recognise innovation and stimulate scalability in the use of biobased materials such as timber, bamboo, hemp, straw, algae, and fungi in construction. Source: Timberbiz The built envir
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China forest, log & lumber outlook

17 November 2023
To provide the wood products trade with a better read and perspective on what’s next for China’s forests, market and import requirements, Russ Taylor Global (Canada) and Margules Groome (New Zealand & Australia) have teamed up to present a strategic analysis and outlook of China’s
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Grow you good thing on AgDay

17 November 2023
Australia’s forestry and forest products sector is celebrating this year’s AgDay 2023 theme ‘Grow you good thing’ – recognising that our forestry, timber manufacturing and pulp and paper industries are essential to the food and fibre supply chain across the country and the world, Acti
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WoodSolutions’s Sydney workshop brings timber into university classrooms

17 November 2023
WoodSolutions’ Education Program delivered its third Industry-University Educator workshop in Sydney, supported by the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design & Planning, and School of Civil Engineering. Source: Timberbiz Bringing together 34 participants from in
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Tasmanian housing strategy should have a timber focus

17 November 2023
The Tasmanian Forests Products Association has congratulated the State Government on the release of the new Tasmanian Housing Strategy but has said timber should play a pivotal role in the construction of all new houses. Source: Timberbiz The Tasmanian Housing Strategy, a first in the
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Chopperoos win fourth consecutive title

17 November 2023
Komatsu Forest congratulates the 2023 Stihl Timbersports Team World Champions…the Chopperoos. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Team has claimed an unprecedented fourth consecutive win at the World Championship in Stuttgart Germany on 3 November in front of a sold out crowd of 6,500. T
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ForestTECH 2023 pronounces future for forestry is bright

17 November 2023
Three forestry students presented at the ForestTECH 2023 conference this week, marking the end of a student competition, organised by Scion and supported by Tools for Foresters. Source: Timberbiz The inaugural competition, funded by the Precision Silviculture Program, led by Forest Gr
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Opinion: Marcus Musson – tempered good news for NZ forestry

17 November 2023
Rugby world cup aside, there is a bit of good news starting to stir some fizziness amongst us tree huggers and, while not at shaken beer can levels, it is enough to improve the fettle and shelve the navel gazing for a while. This has come in the form of an increase in export log price
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Friday analysis: the rush to solve the housing crisis

17 November 2023
State Governments across the nation are planning to solve the housing crisis by, obviously, building low cost affordable housing. And lots of them. In Queensland $23 million has been poured into the Immediate Housing Response for Families plan to provide emergency accommodation for fa
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The electric era needs a lot of trees

15 November 2023
The utility-pole business is booming in the US, thanks to a flood of public and private infrastructure spending. So, the hunt is on for the tallest, straightest, knot-free conifers, which are peeled, dried and pressure-treated at facilities such as Koppers Holdings’ pole plant in sout
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