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FSC risk assessment for Australia completed

30 July 2019
An assessment of the risk of sourcing wood from ‘unacceptable’ sources from Australia has been carried out in accordance with FSC-PRO-60-002A V1.0 FSC National Risk Assessment Framework. Source: Timberbiz FSC defines unacceptable sources as wood originating from: Illegally harvested w
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Ross Hampton appointed vice chair UN committee

30 July 2019
Australian Forest Products Association CEO Ross Hampton has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries. Source: Timberbiz “It’s a great honour to be appointed as Vice-Chair of the FAO s
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US housing start slump has local implications

30 July 2019
The US economy appears to be in good shape, if we take into account high levels of employment and factors like wages growth. Forest2Market in the US commented recently that despite positives on a range of fronts, the critical residential construction sector is under-performing, with p
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Spreading forest certification across the Tasman

30 July 2019
The National Governing Body for PEFC in Australia is in New Zealand this week to discuss the standard development and champion the all-important PEFC forest certification message. Mr Dorries and Marketing and Communication Officer Jason Ross will be spending this week traveling throug
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Russia could swamp Australasian markets with high grade timber

30 July 2019
Russia is emerging as a major timber exporter that could potentially swamp markets in Australia and New Zealand, a forestry conference has been told. Dennis Nielson, director of NZ-based consultancy DANA, said Russia as a country was overwhelming in its scale, with a forestry industry
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Trees Outside Forests – certification for small scale forestry

25 July 2019
Low density trees on agricultural and settlement lands can be now assessed as part of the PEFC Trees Outside Forests approach. For small scale forestry, the Trees Outside Forests initiative provides practical and affordable forest certification options for farmers and other land manag
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First home buyers push Victoria to top housing

25 July 2019
First home buyers have kept Victoria at the top of the rankings in the HIA’s Housing Scorecard according to the HIA’s Chief Economist, Tim Reardon. The HIA Housing Scorecard report presents analysis which ranks each of the eight states and territories based on the performance of 12 ke
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Endangered bandicoots gain protection by ForestrySA

25 July 2019
ForestrySA is working to protect endangered bandicoots living within the Kuitpo Forest Reserve as part of an eco-education collaboration with local school students. Source: Timberbiz The nationally endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obseulus) was rediscovered living in the f
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VAFI calls on Vic Government to confirm survey to close industry

25 July 2019
The VAFI has called on the Victorian State Government to provide answers to allegations that a partly funded State Government market survey campaign sought feedback on the hypothetical closure of the Victorian native timber industry. Source: Timberbiz The VAFI said that the line of qu
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VALE: Ian Ferguson, Professor Emeritus of Forest Science


25 July 2019
Melbourne University and the local and international forestry industry lost an outstanding leader in forest science with the death of Ian Ferguson. Professor Ferguson was born in December 1935 in Melbourne, Australia. Source: Timberbiz Professor Ferguson initially studied for a Bachel
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