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NW Jolly Award recipients announced

Forestry Australia President Bob Gordon has paid tribute to this year’s NW Jolly recipients, Dr Jerry Leech and Gary Morgan AM AFSM and congratulated Tegan Brown who was awarded the Prince of Wales Award. Source: Timberbiz “Named in honour of Norman William Jolly, who made an outstand
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Future Foresters scholarship winners benefit at Forestry Australia conference

Active and adaptive forest management and increased integration of Indigenous knowledge with Western scientific evidence and technologies are key to restoring and maintain the health of Australia’s forests, the Forestry Australia national conference has heard on its opening day. Sourc
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Forestry Australia new directors join the board

Forestry Australia has appointed two new directors and re-appointed a third. The trio was announced at Forestry Australia’s AGM held last night in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia President Bob Gordon welcomed new directors Mick Stephens and Jim Wilson, who was elected a
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Brisbane to host international timber engineering conference

One of the world’s premier scientific forums on technical and architectural innovations in timber engineering and construction — the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) — is headed for Brisbane in 2025. Source: Timberbiz FWPA and stakeholders from across the domestic forest
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IFA/AFG transforms into Forestry Australia

The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers has changed its name to Forestry Australia. Forestry Australia CEO Jacquie Martin said the new name better represented the broad scope of forest and land management work undertaken by its members. Source: Timberbiz
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Worksafe Awards MechLog for excellence

Hot on the heels of its success at the recent Tasmanian Forest and Forest Product Network Awards and being a finalist in the WorkSafe Awards in 2018, MechLog has won another award at the 2021 WorkSafe Awards. Source: Timberbiz MechLog won the award for Excellence in Work Health and Sa
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IFA and AFG to rename itself at conference next week

The professional association representing some 1000 forest scientists, researchers and professional forest land managers in Australia will soon be known by a new name. Source: Timberbiz The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers will launch a new identity at
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AKD Pinking Up for McGrath Foundation

AKD is Pinking Up again in support of the McGrath Foundation to help raise awareness and support to help fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses who provide invaluable support and care for the women and men who are experiencing breast cancer. Source: Timberbiz It is estimated that 19,866 wome
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Biofuels conference returns in 2022 to NZ and Australia

For New Zealand and Australia, it’s now been over eight years since the Forest Industry Engineering Association has run a wood residues program aimed specifically at the forest products industry. Residues to Revenues 2022 will run in Rotorua, New Zealand on 9-10 March 2022.  It will a
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ReCoil exhibition of Tasmanian fine timber in London

Tasmanian fine timber reclaimed from the depths of Lake Pieman and crafted into artistic furniture by London-based Tasmanian designer Brodie Neill, will be on display to around 115,000 people at this week’s London Craft Week. Source: Timberbiz A collaboration of the Tasmanian Governme
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