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$100 could end the legal lockup of native forests

20 July 2022
Victoria’s timber industry leaders say Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio could end the legal lockup of native forests by spending $100 gazetting Greater Glider possum protections into the Code of Practice for Timber Production. Source: Weekly Times Victorian Forest Products Associa
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Pine planting statistics double in Sweden

18 July 2022
The proportion of pine planted on land where it grows best has doubled in six years in the southern parts of Sweden after many years of hard work, there is now a clear trend where forest owners plant pine instead of spruce. Source: Timberbiz According to the Swedish Forest Agency’s fo
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New tallest tower at 25 storeys and 86.6 metres

18 July 2022
Another historic milestone in the use of mass timber as a construction material is about to be passed as Korb + Associates Architects’ aptly named Ascent tower is finally opened on July 15, in Milwaukee in the US. Sources: Archinect, Timberbiz These milestones are happening more and m
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NeoLigno binder for particleboard and insulation

18 July 2022
Stora Enso has launched NeoLigno, a lignin-based binder for particleboard and insulation applications. NeoLigno is a bio-based binder that is made from lignin, an organic polymer that comes from wood. It is primarily suited to particleboard and insulation applications. Source: Timberb
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HIF to produce eFuels in Tasmanian forest

18 July 2022
HIF Global, a world leading eFuels company, announced that it has begun the development of Australia’s first large-scale, carbon-neutral eFuels production facility in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz HIF Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of HIF Global, filed a Notice of Intent (NoI)
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Plentyful transforms organic waste into plastic alternatives

18 July 2022
New Zealand Bio-Innovation company Plentyful has broken ground on a world-leading facility that will transform organic waste into compostable, environmentally friendly plastic alternatives. Source: Timberbiz With the benefit of technological input from Scion, the facility in Marton is
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Tree mortality risk in Australian tropics doubled

18 July 2022
Over the past 35 years, tree mortality risk in Australia’s tropical regions has doubled, according to new research. Such mortality would radically reduce biodiversity as well as carbon residency time, a threat faced by tropical rain forests around the world. Source: EOS “Moist tropica
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East Coast NZ stations to be converted to forestry

18 July 2022
Land Information New Zealand confirmed yesterday the Overseas Investment Office has approved applications for the sale of East Coast stations Huiarua and Matanui to be used for forestry. Source: Gisborne Herald The OIO applications for the sale of the farms inland from Tolaga Bay and
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New commercial tree crop on trial in Charleville

18 July 2022
Charleville could become home to Australia’s first commercial argan tree crop, if an experimental trial underway just outside the outback town proves successful. The first argan trees have just been planted at a local trial site after several years of research driven by two entreprene
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ARC funding proves timber is an industry for the future

18 July 2022
The role of forest products as industries of the future has been affirmed with the recent announcement of funding from the Australian Research Council for new research hubs and training centres. Source: Timberbiz Acting CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association Victor Violante
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