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Eagle eyed Forestry Corp saves chick

11 December 2014
A Wedge-tailed eagle chick has been nursed back to health by a local vet and WIRES volunteers and released back into its nest by volunteer tree climbers, after local Forestry Corporation of NSW staff rescued the bird from the jaws of a goanna in Nadgee State Forest. Source: Timberbiz
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Teamwork expert signed up for safety conference

11 December 2014
Forestry teamwork expert Steven Falk from British Columbia, Canada has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the forest safety conference series run by the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA). Source: Timberbiz The conference runs at Rotorua’s Distinction Hotel on 3-4 Mar
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Summer science sessions at Forestry Tas

11 December 2014
Forestry Tasmania has compiled the program for its 2014/15 summer season of popular science talks. The series highlights a diverse range of work in evidence-based forest management, with presentations on topics including special timbers, biodiversity, and Forest Stewardship Council (F
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Fire at mills, one for the second time

11 December 2014
Carter Holt Harvey’s sawmill on Henzell Rd in Caboolture went up in flames for the second time this year, while in Western Australia a fire also destroyed parts of the Nannup Timber Processing plant. Sources: Caboolture News, ABC Rural Fire engulfed one of the Carter Holt Harvey’s saw
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Cable logging too steep for Coffs Harbour

11 December 2014
Conservationists have slammed a suggestion steep sloping areas of forest west of Coffs Harbour could be ‘cable-logged’. Source: ABC News The state’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said the idea has been raised in discussion papers, and a trial proposal from t
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Steep learning curve at HarvestTECH 2015

11 December 2014
Analysis by Future Forests Research indicates that the proportion of the forest harvest from steep hill country in New Zealand (over 20 degrees slope) is currently 44% of the total wood harvest. Source: Timberbiz This is forecast to rise to 53% by 2016 and to over 60% by 2025. Nationa
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Australia’s land digitally enhanced

04 December 2014
Australia’s vast and complex land surface has been exposed in new ways thanks to comprehensive nationwide digital maps of our soils and landscapes. Source: Timberbiz The entire country is now represented as a digital grid with two billion ‘pixels’ that are about 90 b
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Capital growth in trees

04 December 2014
Australia’s ability to tap into the global wood fibre “boom” will hinge on policies to kick start tree planting in the wake of failed managed investment schemes (MIS), according to timber industry leaders. Source: The Land Peak industry body the Australian Forest Products
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Gottstein Trust training opportunities

04 December 2014
The Gottstein Trust is the national education trust for the forest and wood product industries and has been assisting people in the industry with development opportunities for over 40 years. Source: Timberbiz The Gottstein Trust is offering a Forest Science Course in February 2015 tha
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Ryan Media launches revised Timberbiz website

27 November 2014
RYAN MEDIA has re-developed www.timberbiz.com.au in response to a growing demand for readily available information accessible via the internet. As well as online access to Australian Forests & Timber News and Australasian Timber, also featured on the site are: current industry ne
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