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VicForest responds to Mountain Ash listing as endangered

12 June 2020
The Mountain Ash forest ecosystem in the Central Highlands of Victoria is listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems and is categorised as critically endangered. This listing is based on an ecological assessment conducted in 2014.
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Opinion Philip Hopkins: Where is Australia going wrong exporting timber?

12 June 2020
Europe’s huge forestry sector is underpinned by making most of its forests available to industry and much less forest is locked up in conservation areas compared with Australia, the latest forestry reports show. Europe, regarded as the home of sustainable forestry, has 215 million hec
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Opinion: Short-term site-based measures will not save Leadbeater’s possum

12 June 2020
The Federal Court recently ruled that a timber harvesting company couldn’t log the potential habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. This decision led to the immediate protection of more Leadbeater’s possum habitats and will lead to further habitats set aside over th
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Friday analysis: From possums to paper bags, the more things change the more they stay the same

12 June 2020
There is no escaping some issues, they resurface over and over but despite very learned reports, researched and written by very learned men and women knee jerk reactions remain – of course I am talking about our Leadbeater’s possum. Clearly cute but clearly not as endangered as we are
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Woollies offers FSC paper shopping bags

10 June 2020
From 3 June 2020 Woolworths customers across the nation have had the option of purchasing FSC certified paper shopping bags. All paper used has been sourced responsibly, as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, with recycled paper used in conjunction with non-recycled paper to
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Trend to wood framed houses should continue

10 June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a decline in building and construction across WA, but one local builder is positive about the construction industry in a post-pandemic world and timber’s increasing popularity in construction. Source: Timberbiz Carrie Anderson, South West Regional Manage
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ABARES analysis of trade in the time of COVID-19

10 June 2020
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences’ (ABARES) latest Insights report confirms that our agriculture exports have stayed strong during COVID-19 despite disruptions to supply chains and logistics. Source: Timberbiz ‘Analysis of Australian agricultural tr
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More confirmation that forestry and possums are compatible

10 June 2020
A new study by leading landscape scientists at the University of Melbourne has shown that forestry operations would reduce the Leadbeater’s Possum habitat by just 1.4% – 2.3% if it continued for the next 250 years. Source: Timberbiz Furthermore, the study found that while harves
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Forestry icon Rob de Fegely honoured with Member of the Order of Australia

10 June 2020
Forest industry icon Rob de Fegely was honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours with a Member of the Order of Australia for “Significant service to the forestry industry through business and advisory roles.” Source: Timberbiz Tasmanian Minister Guy Barnett congratulated Mr de Fegely s
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FSC gives indigenous people a voice in forestry solutions

05 June 2020
To give a voice to Indigenous Peoples on the continued management and preservation of the world’s forests, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has established the FSC Indigenous Foundation. Source: Timberbiz The Foundation is an extension of FSC’s commitment to working with Indigenou
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