Australian Paper’s $600 million energy from waste proposal at its Latrobe Valley plant has been given an ‘environmental tick’ from EPA Victoria. The EPA has issued a Works Approval, which means the project meets the EPA’s stringent emissions standards. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timbe
The three New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements have been renewed by the Federal and State Governments, giving the timber industry access to the state’s native forests for another 20 years. The agreements were signed off by the federal Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud; the
Victoria’s native forest industry generated a direct $770 million in revenue in 2015-16 and supported more than 2500 jobs, most in regional areas, according to a report from Deloitte Access Economics. The industry’s overall economic impact over 10 years is more than $5 billion. The De
Victoria’s forestry policy from now will be in the hands of Jaclyn Symes, who has been appointed Agriculture Minister in the re-elected Andrews Government. Ms Symes, 39, is the Upper House Member for Northern Victoria, but must wait until her re-election is formally confirmed before s
Several groups from around Australia who are growing durable hardwoods trees recently got together for a conference. It was a great learning curve for all. The forum, which took place at Yarram in Victoria’s South Gippsland, was hosted by Heartwood Plantations, which is growing durabl
Eucalyptus species are grown throughout the world for their hardwood qualities and rapid growth. As a plantation species, their most common use is for pulp production and in many developing countries for utility poles and fuel wood. In Australia, there are approximately 900,000 hectar
A sure sign of continued strength in fibre markets, the Australian hardwood chip price rose 3.6% to an average USDFob156.78/bdmt (bone dried metric tonne) in September. The record average price was on softer volumes of 233.1 kbdmt however, shipments to China in the September Quarter t
Best practice silviculture is creating more opportunities for timber production from regrowth karri forest. Stands of regrowth karri at Warren 1 about 15 km south west of Pemberton, were regenerated in 1972 and have just been thinned for the second time after an initial thinning in 19
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The Queensland timber industry has applauded Gympie Mayor Mick Curran in promoting the further development of the forestry and timber industry in the local and surrounding regions. Hosting a timber industry forum, the Mayor consulted with industry representatives from across th