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Adelaide Uni to fingerprint trees in Indonesia

06 March 2014
The University of Adelaide will step up the fight against illegal logging with a new two-year, DNA-fingerprinting project in Indonesia. Source: Newsmaker
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Zelam stopping the rot

06 March 2014
In 1988 a pair of scientists working for what is now Dow AgroSciences saw an opportunity to quit the corporate world and inspired by a shipment of medium-density fibreboard (MDF) they developed an anti-mould product. Sources: Stuff NZ, Fairfax NZ News
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Too many forests locked up reignites debate

06 March 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's declaration that too many of the country's forests are "locked up" has met a furious response from the Tasmanian state government and environmentalists. Sources: The Australian, ABC News
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Forestry sectors in structural decline

06 March 2014
February and March were dark months for Australian manufacturing and aviation workers. Unfortunately, they are not the only sectors tipped to feel the pain of restructuring. Sources: Business Spectator, The Age
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New equipment at ASH guarantees future work

06 March 2014
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) at Heyfield, Victoria is putting the finishing touches on its latest expansion, which experts tip will provide a much bigger range of building products for architects and designers. Source: The Gippsland Times
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NZ sawmill company in receivership

06 March 2014
Southern Cross Forest Products, a sawmill company in New Zealand with about 400 employees and about NZ$100 million in annual sales was placed in receivership. Sources: Stuff NZ, Fairfax NZ News, TVNZ
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NZ Super sale of Kaingaroa Timberlands

06 March 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has sold 2.5% of Kaingaroa Timberlands to six central North Island iwi, giving the underlying landowners access to some of the profits generated from the nation's biggest forestry business. Source: The National Business Review (NZ)
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Mirvac in $50 forest sale

06 March 2014
A fund managed by Mirvac is readying to sell 20,000ha of forestry land to New Forests Group for more than $50 million. Source: The Australian
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Call for help after SA forestry fires

06 March 2014
Owners of the Morgan sawmill in South Australia's mid-north are calling for State Government help to save the local forestry industry. Source: ABC Rural
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Residential construction down in December

27 February 2014
Preliminary ABS figures indicate that the recovery in residential construction activity took a backwards step in the December quarter of 2013 according to the Housing Industry Association. Source: Timberbiz
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