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Awarded NZ Forestry recognition

10 July 2014
Leaders in the forestry industry were recognised at the New Zealand Institute of Forestry’s annual awards in Napier. Source: Timberbiz
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Time to clear up Tassie planning

10 July 2014
Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) chief executive Terry Edwards said he had written to the state and federal governments seeking information about the future of funding arrangements, studies into specialty timber and investigations into proposals to process wood residue
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Environment groups to boycott NSW process

10 July 2014
The North Coast Environment Council (NCEC) and North East Forestry Alliance (NEFA), together with two other NSW conservation groups, are threatening to withdraw from a government consultation process it describes as deeply flawed. Source: The Echo Daily
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Council says forestry deal not fair

10 July 2014
A deal struck between the former Queensland government and a US based timber company has left a hole in the Gympie Regional Council budget, and local ratepayers are to foot the bill. Source: The Gympie Times
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MIS scheme inquiry welcomed

10 July 2014
The announcement of a federal senate inquiry into the failed forestry Managed Investment Schemes (MIS) has been welcomed by one of Esperance, Western Australia’s original tree farmers. Source: The Esperance Express
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Jobs on the line at Hawke’s Bay

10 July 2014
Forestry jobs in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand are being lost and more are on the line as log prices fall. Source: Hawke’s Bay Today
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NZ timber future is secure says government

10 July 2014
The Government and the forestry industry deny there is a long-term crisis in the forestry industry in New Zealand — even though log export prices are at a 14-month low and some workers here have been made redundant. Source: The Gisborne Herald
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McVilly Timbers sold for over $2m

10 July 2014
The McVilly Timber business has sold at auction for $2.15 million. That is the headquarters at Terang and branches at Timboon, Beaufort and Mumbannar. Source: The Standard
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Special meeting for Gunns’ landowners

10 July 2014
A special meeting has been called in Tasmania for Gunns Plantations (GPL) woodlot scheme landowners to discuss their options moving forward. Source: The Land
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Native forests returning to iwi

03 July 2014
The job of sharing Kaingaroa Forest in New Zealand among eight iwi is not over yet. Source: Radio New Zealand
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