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What is the State of the Forests Australia?

21 February 2019
About 150 million tonnes of carbon are stored in Australian wood products, clear felling only makes up 9% of native forest harvesting, and forest activities pose relatively little danger to threatened species. Those are some of the conclusions of Australia’s State of the Forests 2018
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Enriva completes Biohouse on the Murray

19 February 2019
Enriva, in conjunction with Smart Heating, has delivered a state-of-the-art biomass project which provides a temperature-controlled environment (inside greenhouses) to a horticultural business on the Victorian side of the Murray River. This will allow them to grow higher quality crops
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OFO has an Industry Career Champion

19 February 2019
OneFortyOne has announced a new leadership role in its Green Triangle operations – reflective of its commitment to create a more balanced and diverse workplace. Linda Cotterill, a member of the company’s senior operational leadership team for the past two years, and with over 20 years
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Regional Forestry Hubs announced by Scott Morrison

19 February 2019
The Morrison Government is backing the future of forestry with the roll out of its Regional Forestry Hubs, driving investment and jobs growth for generations to come. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the development of nine Regional Forestry Hub sites will provide strategic vision f
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ABARES’s Australia’s State of the Forests Report released

19 February 2019
Australia’s forest industry is growing strongly but there is a clear need to plant more trees to keep up with demand. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Richard Colbeck, said ABARES’s Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2018 shows Australia’s forest an
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NSW Private forest management submission by SETA

19 February 2019
Private forests in New South Wales should be actively managed to produce economic benefits and provide better biodiversity than the state’s conservation reserves, according to a regional timber group. The Eden-based South East Timber Association (SETA), in a submission to the NSW Gove
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Colbeck heads meeting on issues faced by forestry

19 February 2019
Forestry ministers from the Commonwealth, the states and territories met in Melbourne on 15 February 2019 at the Forestry Ministers Meeting to discuss ways to continue to support Australia’s forestry industries. There was one similar meeting in June last year and three in 2017.
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Austral Plywoods jumping through hoops for responsible forestry

14 February 2019
Using 100% Hoop Pine, sourced from HQPlantations, which is a Responsible Wood certified softwood plantation in South East Queensland, Austral Plywoods manufactures a wide range of panel products, specialising in marine plywood and appearance grade plywoods. Source: Timberbiz The produ
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ForestrySA surveillance to stop deliberate fires

14 February 2019
ForestrySA has stepped up surveillance of its Green Triangle Native Forest Reserves, following a spate of dangerous forest car fires and illegal rubbish dumping. Rubbish dumping is a longstanding local issue, with household waste and other material (including asbestos, chemicals and n
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Fire tower spotters stop spread of spot fires

14 February 2019
Forestry Corporation of NSW’s network of fire towers in the Hunter and Mid North Coast proved instrumental in spotting and controlling several forest fires during the recent extreme high fire danger period, with crews dispatched to half a dozen fires spotted from the towers. Forest Pr
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