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Wooden HVAC unit

29 November 2024
Swegon is a global company that offers solutions for ventilation, heating, cooling and climate optimisation has developed its first wooden air handling unit that could redefine the industry’s approach to reducing carbon emissions. Source: Timberbiz When the GOLD air handling unit was
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Metsa introduces QR codes to simplify recycling

29 November 2024
Metsä Board, a producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, has launched a new solution to enhance and simplify the recycling process for packaging materials customers receive as part of Metsä Board product deliveries. Source: Timberbiz Metsä Board has introduced QR codes on the palle
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Canada turns to China to grow its mass timber products

29 November 2024
Canada Wood has taken a decisive step toward promoting mass timber and hybrid construction in China with the signing of three pivotal memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key stakeholders. Source: Timberbiz These agreements with Treezo Group, East China Architectural Design & Re
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Combilift and Adaptalift celebrate 21 years together

29 November 2024
Irish materials handling innovator Combilift has celebrated 21 years of operation in Australia, shortly after marking the 25th anniversary of its establishment in County Monaghan. Source: Timberbiz Co-founder and managing director Martin McVicar last week joined customers, dealer part
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NZ aims to combat trade in illegally harvest timber

29 November 2024
The New Zealand Government says that it is delivering on its commitment to combat trade in illegally harvested timber, with consultation starting on operational details to implement New Zealand’s legal harvest assurance system, Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced. Source: Timberbi
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Bob Brown Foundation and Wilderness Society promoting banned timber says Eric Abetz

29 November 2024
A recent Federal Government investigation into timber imports underlines the reality that if consumers want to be certain in buying sustainably produced wood, they should buy Australian. Source: Timberbiz Tasmania’s Minister for Business, Industry and Resources, Eric Abetz, said the i
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NSW moves towards its Great Koala Park

29 November 2024
  The City of Coffs Harbour will be represented as the NSW Government moves toward the creation of a Great Koala National Park on the Mid North Coast. Source: Timberbiz The NSW Government committed $80 million in funding over four years to support the development of the park as p
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Victoria lays the groundwork to lock up 300,000 hectares in the Central Highlands

29 November 2024
Victoria’s state government has already laid the groundwork to create the Great Forest National Park, lodging a plan with the federal government in May that requires it to lock up 300,000ha of Victoria’s Central Highlands to protect Leadbeater’s possums. Source: The Weekly Times Actio
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Parks Victoria under scrutiny

29 November 2024
Parks Victoria manages more than four million hectares of parks and reserves which attract more than 100 million visits every year. These assets must meet the needs of Victorians for generations to come. It’s clear that Parks Victoria’s current operations need to be improved to
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Opinion: Vic Eddy – Our national parks have failed

29 November 2024
I am at risk of sounding like a cracked record. I have 59 years’ experience of managing productive native forests. The Department promoting the Improved Native Forest Management Plan (INFM) proposes an end to sustainable management. I Googled INFM and found references to just about an
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