The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Forestry will meet in coming days to explore and progress the UN’s direction and agenda for the world’s forest industries. Source: Timberbiz This is COFO’s 26th session from 3-7 October, in Rome, Italy. The event als
The Victorian Labor Government’s promise of jobs with a transition from native forests to plantation forests, announced last week, does not add up, said Forest & Wood Communities Australia (FWCA). Source: Timberbiz According to the plan, Victorian taxpayers will be required to pay
The Victorian Government has reduced the area available for native timber harvesting to less than 2% of Victoria’s public forests. Source: Timberbiz “The Andrews Government’s actions are totally undermining any industry confidence that it would be able to guarantee supply timber until
A study by think tank Chatham House found around 15% of all timber exports from 37 exporting countries were illegal, amounting to US$19bn a year, resulting in “tens of millions of dollars in lost revenues for governments and citizens every year”. Source: Supply Management The research
Dutch startup Timberhub is looking to digitise a previously fragmented market allowing companies to buy timber directly from its marketplace. It’s just raised a €5.8m seed round led by HV Capital, Creandum and Speedinvest. Source: Sifted The green building industry is worth US$459bn g
According to a report by Reports and Data, the global cross-laminated timber (CLT) market was valued at US$786.71 million in 2019 and is expected to reach US$2,021.29m by the year 2027, at a CAGR of 12.51%. Source: Digital Journal, Reports and Data By volume, the market is expected to
More than 3,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted as part of New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Te Pourepo o Kaituna wetland creation project, thanks to the volunteer support of Western Bay of Plenty school students. Source: Timberbiz The planting was part of a ser
TasRail has provided its customers with around three million tonnes of rail haulage in the last financial year, according to Corporate Affairs and Strategy Manager, Neale Tomlin. Source: Timberbiz “As a total rail freight task this equates to an impressive 499 million net tonne kilome
A Scion scientist who helped to discover a biological control for the unwanted giant willow aphid is among the finalists of the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards. Source: Timberbiz Stephanie Sopow, a forest entomologist at Scion in Rotorua, played a leading role in the team from Sci
A call to quickly end native forest logging has been voted down by New South Wales’ Shoalhaven City Council. Councillor Moo D’Ath put forth a motion that council support the rapid end to logging of public native forests in south east NSW. Source: South Coast Register Cr D&