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Volunteers hit Kinross State Forest to help clean-up efforts

05 March 2019
The Orange Mountain Bike Club joined forces with Forestry Corporation of NSW and other volunteers for a Clean Up Australia Day event in Kinross State Forest. Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Community Programs Coordinator Nikki Bennetts said the event was a success and thanked the volunt
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Improve your understanding of FSC Chain of Custody Certification

05 March 2019
FSC Australia has planned a webinar to support businesses that want to prove their responsible practices through FSC certification, but are unsure about aspects of Chain of Custody certification, and use of the FSC trademarks. The event is on Tuesday 12 March, from 11am- 12pm AEDT. So
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Strong domestic demand halts ONO sawlog exports

05 March 2019
OneFortyOne has announced that as a result of strong domestic demand it has advised customers that there will be no sawlog exported from its estate until at least June 2020. This is a continuation of the position taken 12 months ago by the company and is positive news for local proces
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Victorian bushfire update and Tasmanian stats on fire affected forests

05 March 2019
Bushfires now in Victoria and previously in Tasmania have had a devastating affect not only on forestry but also and more importantly livelihoods, livestock and lives with firefighters in Victoria currently building containment lines around fires burning east of Melbourne before “gust
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Gary Blackwood MP reviews forestry with VAFI

27 February 2019
In a recent newsletter of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) its chief Executive Officer Tim Johnston said that since the state election in late November, the association had continued in its attempts to engage with the Victorian Government. In this latest edition V
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$2b promised for Emissions Reduction in Australia

27 February 2019
The Climate Proofing Australia (CPA) alliance has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement to inject $2 Billion into the Emissions Reduction Fund, and calls for at least $500 million of the new funds to prioritise land-based carbon solutions. Source: Timberbiz The CPA alliance is le
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Protecting hardwood plantations wins in science and innovation awards

27 February 2019
Fourteen winning projects were part of the Government’s Science and Innovation Awards one of these was James Kondilios’ project on geonomically adjusted seed provenancing to protect hardwood eucalyptus plantations in the face of imminent climate change. He won the Forest & W
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New Zealanders keen for joint standards with Australia on certification

27 February 2019
Fresh from returning to Australia after meetings in Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland, Simon Dorries, Responsible Wood CEO said he has been ‘blown away’ by the response of New Zealanders towards developing a new Trans-Tasman forestry standard. Responsible Wood is working with
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ABARES report says 490,000 hectares of new plantations needed

27 February 2019
A new report exploring the long-term potential of establishing new timber plantations in Australia suggests up to 490,000 hectares of new softwood plantations would be required by 2050 to meet demand of softwood sawlogs. The Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Austr
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NSW invests almost $40m in forestry with AFCA to benefit

27 February 2019
New South Wales Government Minister for Forestry Paul Toole announced that the Government is investing almost $40 million to support innovation and training for NSW’s forestry industry and has allocated $4.6 million to support the development of a training and certification scheme for
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