Australasia's home for timber news and information

Tree planting is not keeping up with wildfires in US

13 September 2021
Experimental pine seedlings poke from the rocky New Mexico earth, the only living evergreens on a hillside torched by one of the US West’s drought-driven wildfires. These climate-smart sprouts about 48 km east of Taos are part of a push to increaset he dramatically lagging replanting
Continue Reading →

Qantas gets the wooden spoon, and knife and fork

13 September 2021
Qantas will begin the process of phasing out single use plastic cutlery as part of the airline’s ongoing sustainability review. Already single-use plastic cutlery items are being progressively replaced with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) accredited wooden cutlery packs. Source: Timb
Continue Reading →

Former forestry minister Joel Fitzgibbon retires from Federal Parliament

13 September 2021
Former Federal Forestry Minister and co-convenor of the Federal Parliamentary Friends of Forest Industries group Joel Fitzgibbon today announced his retirement from Federal Parliament. Source: Timberbiz Mr Fitzgibbon was Shadow Minister for Mining, Energy and Forestry 2003–05, and Min
Continue Reading →

Heavy Vehicle Initiative gains $5.5m for 28 projects

13 September 2021
Almost $5.5 million in 28 road safety projects through the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative has been made available by the Federal Government to keep motorists safe. Under Round 6 of the HVSI, the Government is backing new education, research, training and technology initiatives that a
Continue Reading →

What’s the incentive to plant forests in New Zealand

13 September 2021
The forestry industry is beset by supply chain issues, port disruptions, over supply in China, sky-high shipping rates, the Delta disaster … and that’s before you even look at the difficulties of cutting down the trees. Source: Radio New Zealand On top of that the industry gets a bad
Continue Reading →

Forest koala researcher appointed Fellow of Royal Zoological Society NSW

13 September 2021
A leading researcher into forest science and particularly our understanding of koalas in NSW Dr Brad Law has been appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forest Products Association NSW CEO Sue Grau said that since the Society was fou
Continue Reading →

Tas to deliver support to develop carbon farming

13 September 2021
The Tasmanian Government is delivering support for landholders to develop carbon farming initiatives, improve land management and access the carbon credit market. Source: Timberbiz Interest in carbon farming and carbon offsets is growing because it presents primary producers with oppo
Continue Reading →

Tasmanian Timber Award winners announced

13 September 2021
Thirty awards were handed out at Friday night’s Tasmanian Timber Awards, held at Launceston’s Albert Hall – a sure sign that the industry is full of ‘clever people doing great things’, according to the head of the Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network. Source: Timberbiz Conven
Continue Reading →

Mount Gambier MP wants to earn carbon credits from South East plantations

13 September 2021
State and Federal MPs have poured cold water on Member for Mount Gambier Troy Bell’s push to lease carbon credits generated from the South East plantation estate to commercial entities, describing the value as minimal. Source: The Border Watch The independent MP has suggested the Stat
Continue Reading →

UK import volumes return to record levels

10 September 2021
Thirteen years on from the global financial crisis of 2008, import volumes have returned to the record levels of 2007 in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The UK’s Timber Trade Federation’s most recent statistics show a surge of imported timber in June 2021, exceeding the one million m³ mark.
Continue Reading →

Archives

Subscribe to DTN

Click this link to subscribe. 

Copyright © 2022 Ryan Media Pty Ltd (Division of Provincial Press Group). All Rights Reserved.