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Leviathan wooden roller coaster to open next year in Queensland

25 October 2021
Leviathan is the first wooden roller coaster built in Australia in 35 years. Coney Island’s 92-year-old Cyclone operates to this day with the same fundamental technology and design. Source: Timberbiz This same century old technology will be utilised on Leviathan and that’s
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Great ideas come after Burgers and Beers in Tasmania

25 October 2021
The Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network (TFFPN) will host its first ‘Burgers, Beers + Bright Ideas’ event next month at Hobart’s Shambles Brewery, with plans to hold similar gatherings across the state next year. Source: Timberbiz Network Convenor, Therese Taylor said the Ta
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Permanent exotic forest carbon projects threaten sustainable forestry

25 October 2021
Concerns about the legitimacy of permanent exotic forest carbon farming projects threaten the future of sustainable forestry, Ekos chief executive Dr Sean Weaver says. Dr Weaver is the founder and CEO of Ekos, an environmental financing consulting business focusing on indigenous fores
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Trimble chosen to manage Green Triangle resources

25 October 2021
Green Triangle Forest Products has chosen Trimble Forestry’s Land Resource Manager to manage 22,000 hectares of Pinus radiata, a medium-density softwood, in the Green Triangle area in South Australia and South Western Victoria. Source: Timberbiz LRM is part of Trimble’s Connecte
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New chair of Victorian Forest Products is from HVP

25 October 2021
HVP’s Rob Hescock has been elected the new chairman of the Victorian Forest Products Association. He replaces Tony Price who has stood down due to his pending retirement in early 2022. Source: Timberbiz Mr Hescock represents the softwood plantation sector having worked in the in
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Labor MPs urged to reject native forestry shutdown

25 October 2021
Victoria’s Labor MPs have been challenged to reject the State Government’s Government plan to shut down the native hardwood timber industry by 2030. Source: Timberbiz Speaking in Federal Parliament, the Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said he supported a sustainable timber
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Richard Stanton awards presented – ForestrySA ranger wins

25 October 2021
Mount Gambier-based ForestrySA ranger Kieran Gosden has won the 2021 Richard Stanton Award for her work in sustainable forestry and communities. The award and trophy, presented remotely during Responsible Wood AGM, recognises the life of a man who was devoted to the forest industry in
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Forests in a flash with drone planting

22 October 2021
Bryce Jones has seen it all trying to fly his drones: equipment hiccups, execution mishaps, the time he miscalculated the takeoff angle and flew a vehicle right into a tree. Jones isn’t a hobbyist messing with backflips at the local park he’s head of Flash Forest, a start-up with the
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University develops wooden knives sharper than steel

22 October 2021
The sharpest knives available are made of either steel or ceramic, both of which are human-made materials that must be forged in furnaces under extreme temperatures. Now, researchers at University of Maryland in the US have developed a potentially more sustainable way to make sharp kn
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Stora Enso aims for 100% regenerative solutions by 2050

22 October 2021
Stora Enso’s has set its sights offering 100% regenerative products and solutions by 2050. By adopting a regenerative stance, Stora Enso is shifting its sustainability goals from minimising negative environmental impact to becoming a net positive contributor within the defined focus a
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