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Norway pays $44M to landowners denied felling rights

31 January 2024
In 2023, the Norwegian Forestry Agency paid out almost SEK 309 million (around $44M) in compensation to landowners who were denied felling in areas close to mountains due to high natural values. This is an increase of 25% compared with the previous year. At the same time, the area for
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Rocking a new type of wood wall

31 January 2024
Shiling Pei is from the Republic of China, where he likely suffered from wood deprivation. Concrete is the material of choice. Except for ancient buildings, there are few, if any, wood frames, he says. Source: ENR Pei is not only a wannabe woodworker. He has been researching timber bu
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Wood debris put to good use in Canada

31 January 2024
Wood leftover from Okanagan forestry operations that would once have been burned is now being put to productive use, according to the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia, Canada. Source: Penticton Herald Sixty-six innovative projects undertaken around the province in the pa
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Heyfield Timber Festival 2024 dates

31 January 2024
The Heyfield Timber Festival is not just an event, it’s a celebration of community, tradition, and the rich history of timber. This year the event will be held from 17-19 February with a street parade on 18 February. Source: Timberbiz The event promotes timber and forestry with
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Perth parks to lose hundreds of trees to borer

31 January 2024
Perth’s Hyde Park could lose up to 20% of its trees due to an infestation of an exotic South East Asian beetle known as ployphgous shot-hole borer which tunnels into a tree and plants a fungus that blocks nutrients and water. Source: Timberbiz A single female borer can fly up to 400 m
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NZ Dryland Forests offers sale of shares to support R&D

31 January 2024
A forestry innovation organisation focusing on breeding, researching and developing durable eucalypts is seeking investors to help further research. Source: Farmers Weekly New Zealand Dryland Forests IP Ltd was set up in July 2022 by New Zealand Dryland Forests Innovation (NZDFI) to s
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Passionate scientists and foresters’ mentoring program

31 January 2024
Forestry Australia is doing a nation-wide call out for passionate scientists and forestry professionals to take part in its highly sought after Mentoring Program. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia CEO Jacquie Martin said the program was a great opportunity to super-charge forestry
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Successful forestry research projects funded by FWPA

31 January 2024
Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has announced the first tranche of successful forestry research proposals from the July 2023 open call for proposals. Source: Timberbiz The open call for forestry research proposals attracted 29 responses which were reviewed by a scientific
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Bakes Sawmill opens upgraded mill for on-island processing

31 January 2024
Tasmania’s $10 million On Island Processing Program is helping boost value-adding of Tasmanian timber across the State, including at Bakes Sawmill which this week opened its upgraded mill at Gowrie Park south of Devonport. Source: Timberbiz Resources Minister Felix Ellis said th
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Liberals promise to deny funds to Environmental Defenders Office

31 January 2024
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has committed to stripping the Environmental Defenders Office of all Commonwealth funding should he win the next election. The EDO, which again began receiving money from Labor last year after a 10-year funding drought initiated by the Abbott government,
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