As most people would know, forestry is an industry that I am not just very passionate about but that is very close to my heart, as are the communities that this industry supports right across Australia, particularly around the many regional communities in my home state of Victoria. It
It can be a bit difficult to start thinking, and planning, for another bushfire season when so much of the country is receiving record rains and battling floods. But prepare we must. Try telling the 42 firefighters the Forestry Corporation of NSW took to at Wauchope for a training cam
Almost 9,000 schools and community groups benefited from the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity’s popular scheme in 2022 and now applications for trees to be delivered in 2023 are open. Source: Timberbiz Woodland Trust senior project lead Vicki Baddeley hopes even more school
The Corporate Investments into Forestry and Biodiversity (CIFB) Summit in Amsterdam, held recently focused on information and methodologies for investing in natural climate solutions, particularly concerning forestry and biodiversity in the backdrop of corporations and businesses faci
Hiab, part of Cargotec, has a next generation forestry crane, LOGLIFT 18S, with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The company will show a prototype of the PANORAMA cabin in Pavilion P35 from 20 to 25 September at IAA TRANSPORTATION in Hannover, Germany. Source: Timbe
Waste Expo Australia is the country’s largest gathering of waste management and resource recovery professionals, which brings together leading solution providers in the waste management, recycling, resource recovery and sustainability sectors. Part of that waste recovery is in t
In their first year, iwi-led environmental charity Te Tapu o Tāne owned by Ki Papatipu Rūnanga o Murihiku has grown, sold and planted more than 150,000 plants and is moving on to some of the biggest restoration projects in the region. Source: Timberbiz Their mahi involves regenerating
In a move to recognise the heightened importance of effective biosecurity across the sector, the Australian Forest Products Association has recruited forest health and biosecurity expert, Paco Tovar as its new National Forest Biosecurity Manager. Source: Timberbiz “We welcome Paco to
Eight fully funded scholarships for women in forestry to participate in the latest offering from Tasmanian Leaders have been provided by the Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network with the support of the Tasmanian Government. Source: Timberbiz The I-LEAD Women in Industry Progr
Logging contractors in Central and West Gippsland with virtually no work, a large mill in Orbost running out of log supply, while a new poll shows Victorians overwhelmingly support home grown timber for housing. Source: Timberbiz Welcome to the paradox and crisis facing Victoria’s for