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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

26 July 2018
Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. Find out more at www.industryedge.com.au 697,197 bdmt – Indu
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Braddon by-election Reachtel poll results

26 July 2018
Fresh polling shows 7 in 10 voters in next weekend’s Braddon by-election are more likely to vote for a candidate that supports North-West Tasmania’s renewable Forest Industries, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Mr Ross Hampton said. Source:
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LINX Cargo Care Group’s agreement to acquire Pedersen Group

26 July 2018
LINX Cargo Care Group, and its subsidiary C3 Limited, has been successful in its bid to acquire Pedersen Group, a market leading provider of wood chipping and wood yard management services to pulp and paper mills, and forest owners in Australia and New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz Peder
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$55,000 scholarship for rural leadership development

24 July 2018
Applications for Course 26 of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) are open announced Matt Linnegar, Chief Executive of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. Source: Timberbiz The ARLP is a 15-month leadership development program that takes place over five sessions, ac
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Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers FSC accredited

24 July 2018
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KIPT) has announced that following a recent independent audit, the company’s timber plantations have been accredited under the Forestry Stewardship Council scheme. Source: Timberbiz FSC certification means that the company’s timber and, subject to c
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Australian initiative plants 326,000 trees for farmers

24 July 2018
Planting has kicked-off for the second year of the Officeworks’ initiative, Restoring Australia, with partner Greening Australia aiming to have 326,000 trees in the ground across 650 hectares by the end of 2018, supporting 31 farmers and landholders. Source: Timberbiz Launched as an A
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Illegal rubbish dumping poses threat to our local forests

24 July 2018
Illegal rubbish dumping in Green Triangle forests has been an ongoing problem for forest growers and the community for many years. Disappointingly this has been reconfirmed by the team at OneFortyOne Plantations (OFO), with a spate of rubbish dumping in and around the region. Source:
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Leadbeaters still endangered but not so much by forestry practices

24 July 2018
Leadbeater’s Possum (LP) should retain its status as “critically endangered” but more information and research is needed to finalise this designation, according to a federal government scientific body. Source: Phillip Hopkins for Timberbiz Future bushfires, triggered considerably by c
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

19 July 2018
Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. 16.0% – Australia’s hardwood chip deliveries to Japan in May
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Culture and technology changes bring safety benefits 

19 July 2018
A major national conference on forest safety practices is set to showcase how forestry leaders have brought about practical benefits to logging and forestry workplaces through changes in culture and technology. Source: Timberbiz “Some of our leading forest contractors and companies ha
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