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A forest walking through a city centre

Every day for a hundred days, a different part of the city centre of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands will be coloured green. That is because more than one thousand large and small trees will be walking around the city. Source: Timberbiz This forest aims to play with senses and thanks to
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More than 50 mills stop in Cameroon, 22 in Gabon

It has been reported that in Cameroon more than 50 mills have stopped production and in Gabon 22 mills, mostly Chinese, have ceased production. In both countries the shut downs are mainly because fuel supplies have run out and operators are unsure on how long this will last. Source: T
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World’s largest wooden sailing yacht is stunning

A true boating connoisseur doesn’t go for the ephemeral trends of the present but for the essence and history of a yacht that’s meant to pass the test of time. This true one-of-a-kind yacht seamlessly blends traditional boat building with ultra-modern luxuries. Source: autoevolution A
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Find Your Fit in NZ Forestry campaign

A new recruitment campaign called ‘Find Your Fit In Forestry’ aims to draw attention to the varied career opportunities available in the growing forestry industry in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz This is a sector-wide initiative, and the campaign has just launched hoping to attract m
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John Deere Australian Technician of the Year

Max O’Brien has been named the Construction & Forestry Service Technician of the Year at the second annual John Deere Technician Awards in Brisbane. Source: Timberbiz The talented tradesman, who works for RDO Equipment Wingfield, South Australia, vied for the title against five ot
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Minister Watt confirms forestry has a huge role in emissions reduction

Australia’s Minister responsible for forest industries, Senator Murray Watt has declared the sector has “a huge role to play” in Australia’s emissions reduction task. The Minister’s remarks came in a broader speech on Australia’s agriculture sector to the National Rural Press Club in
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Forestry must be a part of the carbon market

Australian forest industries’ continued participation in the carbon market is essential if the Albanese Government is to achieve its ambitious emissions reduction targets, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz Responding to concerns Independent Sen
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Red Stag purchases TimberLab to jump start its growth

Surging interest in sustainable construction has seen one of the New Zealand’s oldest mass timber businesses combine with one of the youngest. After 64 years in McIntosh family ownership TimberLab Solutions has joined the Red Stag group following a share sale completed last week
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Plantation estate has lost the equivalent of a city the size of Geelong

New Australian Forest Products Association analysis has revealed that Australia’s forestry plantation estate has shrunk by the equivalent of 76,000 timber house-frames as farmers and landowners pivot to other commodities which pay higher, short term, returns. Source: Timberbiz Over th
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Nationals say Vic Labor has set the stage for more ugly forestry protests

The Victorian Government has set the stage for an ugly showdown between legal forestry workers and increasingly belligerent and reckless protestors by blocking urgent amendments to legislation covering the timber industry, according to the Nationals. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals Le
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