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VicForests releases social impact scoping to Mirboo North and Noojee

12 June 2018
VicForests has released to the Mirboo North community and the Noojee community social impact scoping summary reports that assess concerns and support around plans to harvest coupes near the towns. Source: Timberbiz Mirboo North VicForests’ General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Alex Mess
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HVP announces senior management appointments

12 June 2018
HVP Plantations has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Rob Hescock, who has held the position of General Manager Northern Region at HVP Plantations since 2010. Source: Timberbiz Prior to his time at HVP, Mr Hescock held a series of operational roles acro
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600,000 trees for the possums

07 June 2018
More than 600,000 trees will be planted in Victoria’s Gippsland Ranges in an effort to expand the habitat of the threatened greater glider possum. Source: The Australian Over the next three years, environmental organisation Greening Australia will plant over 635,000 trees across
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More research into forest fires needed

07 June 2018
The Institute of Foresters of Australia is calling on the Federal and State Governments to fund further scientific research into the important and complex role that fire plays in the evolution and maintenance of Australian ecosystems. Source: Timberbiz The Climate Council reports that
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Predict forestry climate change at the click of a mouse

07 June 2018
Forest managers will be able to gauge the likely effect of climate change on growing conditions in their specific areas with a new interactive online tool developed by the CSIRO with funding from Forest & Wood Products Australia. Source: Timberbiz The free Forest Climate Risk Tool
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

07 June 2018
Softwood log prices $141.52/m3 – as Australia’s softwood log exports continue to grow, the average price of larger dimension (>15cm diameter) logs was AUD141.52/m3 in March 2018 17,566 m3 – sawn softwood exports in March remain small, less than one-quarter monthly import volumes. T
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OFO grants to Stand Like a Stone

04 June 2018
Stand Like Stone has announced the recipients of grants from the 2018 OneFortyOne (OFO) Community Capacity Building Grants. Source: Timberbiz The partnership commenced in 2014 and has to date distributed $80,000 across eight charitable projects that have built capacity in the Limeston
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Half a century of cutbacks results in current wood shortage crisis

04 June 2018
The crisis in wood supply facing Victoria’s hardwood sawmills is the culmination of successive cutbacks in native forest timber available to industry over almost 50 years. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz “It has been a process of attrition,” said Kevin Wareing, a retired Forests
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OSB trade ‘does not reflect reality’ – builder

04 June 2018
Australia’s reported imports of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) are lower than the reality despite rising more than 50% over the last year, according to a major builder. Source: IndustryEdge for Timberbiz Imports of OSB totalled 52,486m3, up 53.8% for the year to the end of March, compare
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Green group still owes VicForests more than $1 million

04 June 2018
Green group My Environment still owes VicForests more than $1 million from a Supreme Court case, as the state government’s timber corporation has given up trying to obtain the money. By Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The situation has been condemned by the State Opposition, which said t
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