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Grafton and Walcha staff polish their skills for planting season

16 April 2019
Grafton and Walcha Forestry Corporation of NSW staff have been busy updating their planting assessment skills in preparation for onboarding of the seasonal planting workforce. The 2019 planting season will see more than nine million seedlings planted between May and September. Correct
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SA survey report on improving road transport for forestry

16 April 2019
A new report form the South Australian State Government has recognised the road transport issues and driver training needs for forestry in the state, including on Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers and Kangaroo Island Council both made submissions to the survey, the r
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Minister D’Ambrosio’s radical approach to forestry carbon credits

16 April 2019
Victoria’s native forest industry would be closed to generate carbon credits under the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements in a proposal pushed by the state’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio. The potential move has been strongly criticised as misunderstan
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Makeover for Cobark Lookout

11 April 2019
Cobark Lookout at Barrington Tops State Forest in New South Wales has had a makeover, offering visitors architect-designed facilities and a world class view. The lookout is the first stop for visitors on their way across the Barrington Tops from Gloucester, so was a great candidate fo
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FSC new trademark guide and new directors needed

11 April 2019
FSC International has developed a new guide to assist promotional trademark license holders on how to use the FSC trademarks to promote FSC certified products and related services. The guide aims to provide straightforward, simple advice and is effective from 1 June 2019, and can be u
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IFA Forest valuation seminars

11 April 2019
The next workshop organised by the IFA Forest Valuation Standard subcommittee has an agenda that includes a wide range of topics such as Green Bonds, Natural Capital Accounting, Carbon Sequestration, Native Forests, as well as latest information and thinking on forest valuations. Sour
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Levy rebate available for 2019 wildfire affected private forest growers

11 April 2019
Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) will assist private forest growers affected by the 2019 wildfires by providing a rebate for the private forest service levy (the levy), where the levy has been paid following timber harvesting operations in 2019 fire impacted forest areas. Source: Timber
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Councils get behind the push for Victorian Timber Release Plan

11 April 2019
The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) stated that Latrobe City and Wellington Shire councils have joined two other councils to put pressure on the State Government regarding the future of the Victorian native timber industry. East Gippsland Shire Council wrote to the A
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The buzz is that RFAs are good for bees

11 April 2019
“Despite reports in ‘The Guardian’, the beekeeping industry wishes to work collaboratively with the forestry industry and state governments to ensure access to resources in state forests,” he said in a statement. “ALL values and uses of the forests need to be recognised throughout Aus
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Now too many possums deny access to forestry

09 April 2019
Thousands of Leadbeater’s Possums, the species which is officially listed as facing extinction, have now been found in the Central Highlands forests of Gippsland, the latest surveys show. A total of 688 known Leadbeater’s Possum colonies have been detected, according to the latest fig
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