The research, conservation and visitor centre dedicated to nesting sea turtles on Mon Repos Beach in Queensland and Daramu House in Barangaroo, Sydney, have been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival 2021 Best Use of Certified Timber award. Source: Timberbiz This year’s eigh
New Forests has acquired Lawson Grains Pty Limited in a deal with Alberta Investment Management Corporation. Sydney-based New Forests is a global forestry investment manager offering high-impact strategies in sustainable forestry and related sectors. Source: Timberbiz Since its incept
Regional Victorians say they have had enough of Premier Daniel Andrews’ obsession with “absolute control” and repeated refusal to subject his government to public scrutiny. Source: Weekly Times A Weekly Times investigation can reveal farmers, forest contractors, rural councils and eve
Tasmania’s Arbre Forest Industries Training and Career Hub has received $150,000 in the State Budget. The money, which will be provided over three years, will help develop a pipeline of skilled and qualified workers for the forestry sector. Source: Timberbiz The Arbre Forest Industrie
A timber coupe being used by TAFE Gippsland for training Victorian essential service personnel has been targeted by ‘vexatious’ court claims resulting in its closure. Source: Timberbiz Tiger coupe, located near Nowa Nowa in the Colquhoun State Forest in East Gippsland is a
Total value of American hardwood lumber and veneer exported to India was US$3.685 million in the first six months of this year. Total exports of US hardwood lumber and veneer to India for the first half of 2021 reached US$3.685million, according to the American Hardwood Export Council
Scientists have developed technology that can turn footsteps into electricity. By tapping into an unexpected energy source, wooden flooring, researchers from Switzerland have developed an energy-harvesting device that uses wood with a combination of a silicone coating and embedded nan
After rising to a record high in the United States of over $1500/MBF in May, the Fastmarkets Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price Index has now crashed to under $400/MBF, in line with historical pricing levels we have seen for the industry. Source: Timberbiz “Ultimately the c
Australia’s forest industries thank Stacey Gardiner who has announced her resignation as the Australian Forest Contractors Association’s (AFCA)General Manager, Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Chief Executive Officer Ross Hampton said. Source: Timberbiz “We all sincerely
The world’s biggest producer of Indian sandalwood is on track to complete its largest commercial harvest on record in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. By the end of the month, Quintis will have harvested 256 hectares of the exotic timber in the Ord Irrigation Scheme,