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ARC funds new research hubs and training centres for forest industries

15 July 2022
The role of forest products as industries of the future has been affirmed with this week’s announcement of funding from the Australian Research Council for new research hubs and training centres. Source: Timberbiz Funding for the research hubs and training centres, including an Advanc
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Forestry Australia’s two new co-chairs lead its Future Foresters

15 July 2022
Forestry Australia has appointed two new co-chairs to lead its Future Foresters Initiative Committee. Alannah Rowe and David Faluyi will head up the committee made up of young forestry professionals and forest science students which aims to support career growth and foster the next ge
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Rod Keenan believes ActivAcre is the right way to go

13 July 2022
A program like ActivAcre that unites the timber industry and farming communities is needed, says Professor Rod Keenan. The ActivAcre Program launched in Tasmania last week, incentivising farmers in Northern Tasmania to grow trees on their land in return for a reliable, annual income.
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Australian awards highlight renewable sustainable packaging

11 July 2022
Sustainable, renewable fibre packaging has featured heavily at the Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards, showing the diversity, functionality and beauty of paper and cardboard as a packaging material. Source: Timberbiz “Fibre-based packaging solutions were finalists in
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Trans-Tasman Standard in the NZ market

11 July 2022
Responsible Wood CEO Simon Dorries and Sustainability Manager Matt de Jongh have been travelling throughout New Zealand, introducing the new AS/NZS 4708 Sustainable Forest Management standard to the NZ market. Source: Timberbiz This included hosting a workshop at SCION House, Rotorua,
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Planting more trees is a must for our future

11 July 2022
Urgent progress on the Billion Trees Plan is required if Australia is to have sufficient fibre to meet its future needs, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz “Getting more trees in the ground now is an absolute must,” AFPA CEO Ross Hampton said. “
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Hackathon event for students in the Green Triangle

08 July 2022
Strategies to recruit more female foresters, new solutions for fire management and raising revenue to plant more trees are among the innovative solutions Mount Gambier High School students have presented in the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub’s inaugural Hackathon event. Source:
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Damian Paull retires as FSC CEO

08 July 2022
Damian Paull has retired as CEO of the Forest Stewardship Council Australia and New Zealand after three years in the role. Source: Timberbiz Patricia Fitzsimons will be taking the reigns as the newly appointed Acting CEO of FSC ANZ. Mr Paull was instrumental in the development, growth
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EOI’s to deliver growth and productivity to Queensland forestry

08 July 2022
Queensland’s Regional Forestry Hubs have announced five new expressions of interest this week to deliver projects to foster growth and productivity across the State’s forest and timber industry. Source: Timberbiz Supply chains and infrastructure, bioenergy and carbon, forestry and pla
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Opinion: Michelle Freeman – windstorm timber’s benefits for forest management

08 July 2022
We wonder if a tree falls in a forest with no one around whether it makes a sound, but if a forest is flattened in a windstorm, will it increase fire risk? That’s the burning question surrounding the Wombat State Forest, which was hit by storms last June that came with unprecedented s
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