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Friday analysis: Tis the season for awards

03 November 2023
It’s the awards season, it seems, with timber in many facets being celebrated across Australia and in New Zealand as well. The “season” started with September’s Tasmanian Timber Awards where Forico’s Bryan Hayes was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to the Tasmanian Timber I
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Biomass & BioEnergy Asia conference returns to Vietnam

01 November 2023
CMT’s Biomass & BioEnergy Asia conference returns to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on 28 – 30 November, with an exciting line-up of site visit activities, presentations, and discussions, definitely a promising gathering for industry stakeholders. Source: Timberbiz Host speakers from
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ABARES Outlook Conference 2024

01 November 2023
Registrations are open for next year’s ABARES Outlook Conference at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra, which will feature new-look session formats and hybrid participation for the first time. Source: Timberbiz The event, which will be held on 5 and 6 March 2024, will bring together a line-up o
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Eight scholarships to support women in forestry with I-LEAD

01 November 2023
The Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network and the Tasmanian Government have awarded eight scholarships to support women in forestry to complete the I-LEAD Women in Industry Program, which commenced this month. Source: Timberbiz This offering was created exclusively by Tasmania
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AFCA AGM In Albury

23 October 2023
The Australian Forestry and Contractors Association will be hosting its Annual General Meeting on November 16 in Albury, NSW. Source: Timberbiz This year’s AGM will be followed by an engaging AFCA Members luncheon and conference, focusing on the future of forestry and the role o
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Timber – pushing the boundaries; the NZ Timber Design Awards

20 October 2023
Since 1975, professionals across the New Zealand construction sector have been celebrating timber design and its usage and on 2 November 2023, the Timber Design Awards will be celebrated in Auckland. Source: Timberbiz After a three-year hiatus in the awards, Timber Unlimited is thrill
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Watagan field trip for Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission

20 October 2023
Delegates from the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission have taken part in a field trip hosted by Forestry Corporation looking at sustainable, multi-use forest management in the Watagan Mountains of the Central Coast. Source: Timberbiz The commission is represented by international delega
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Opinion: Joel Fitzgibbon at ANZIF Conference 2023 – It’s Time

20 October 2023
Alongside my national security interests, I spent most of my time in politics fighting for the well-established industries that make a substantial contribution to our economy and employ lots of blue-collar and hi-vis workers. Industries like our forestry sector. It was my passion for
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Late Kevin Tolhurst awarded NW Jolly Medal

18 October 2023
The late, great Dr Kevin Tolhurst AM has been awarded the NW Jolly Medal, the highest honour for outstanding service to the forest science profession in Australia. Forestry scientist and world renowned agroforester Rowan Reid joined Dr Tolhurst in receiving the 2023 NW Jolly Medal. So
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More Forestry Australia Fellows than ever before

18 October 2023
The largest ever cohort of forestry experts have been awarded prestigious Forestry Australia Fellow status at a special ceremony at the 2023 ANZIF conference on the Gold Coast. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia CEO Jacquie Martin said the Merit Awards Committee was thrilled with th
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