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NZ Nationals promise $22.5m to forestry

04 September 2014
New Zealand’s National Party is promising to spend NZ$22.5 million over the next five years to support the planting of new forests. Sources: Radio New Zealand, Voxy
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United Stand for Small Operators

28 August 2014
In major initiative to help New Zealand investors in 14,000 small plantation forests meet the challenge of marketing a looming "wall of wood" against stiff competition, a new forestry company has been launched in Wellington. Source: Timberbiz
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Illegal Logging Regulation Training

28 August 2014
October training seminars on Australian Illegal Logging Regulation have been announced. Source: Timberbiz
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New Illegal Loggings Regs Unworkable

28 August 2014
Environmental lobbyists are in panic because there’s the potential in NSW for land clearing laws to be freed up. They say “extremists” want to give farmers greater rights to clear their farmland for farming. Source: The Australian
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ForestrySA replanting report wrong

28 August 2014
Major employer in Jamestown Morgan Sawmill’s future could be in jeopardy following the release of a State Government report into the Mid North pine plantations’ future sustainability. Source: Victor Harbour Times
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Replanting Plans Unclear

28 August 2014
The jury is out on how much replanting will be done after a surge in logging in the past few years, according to the Farm Forestry Association of New Zealand. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Rewind to pre-peace deal Tasmania

28 August 2014
The Tasmanian Liberal government has succeeded in unwinding key parts of the peace deal to end the state's forest wars. The legislation gives the timber industry greater access to forests, makes them harder to set aside from logging, and cuts out environmentalist consultation. Source:
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Kangaroo Island port for timber shipments

28 August 2014
Timber company Kangaroo Island Plantations said that it is feasible to build a port on the island for its timber shipments. Source: ABC News
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SA’s Forest Future in Doubt

28 August 2014
The future of the Mid North pine plantations is in doubt after the release of a report on their future was released by the State Government earlier this month. Source: The Flinders News
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Bio Facility Fast Tracked in Geelong

28 August 2014
Geelong Council in Victoria has voted to fast-track Australia’s first waste-to-energy food farm in Lara, with assurances of a full environmental study. Source: The Geelong Advertiser
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