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Brambles battles pallet shortage in US

18 August 2021
Australian transport and logistics giant Brambles had to combat a pallet shortage in its major market of the United States as high demand for groceries and other consumer staples in the stay-at-home economy injected another tricky factor into a volatile environment. Source: The Financ
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Opportunity in Tasmania to improve diversity and skills development

18 August 2021
A new opportunity exists for a project manager to join the Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network (TFFPN) to encourage an industry-wide commitment and approach to improving diversity and skill development in the forest workforce in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz The Workforce Dive
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FSC Friday to raise global awareness of responsible forest management

18 August 2021
On 24 September 2021 we will celebrate “FSC Friday”. This year the idea is to raise global awareness of the importance of responsible forest management and the important interplay between climate change and forests. Source: Timberbiz As part of this annual awareness day, F
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First map of individual kauri trees in NZ

18 August 2021
Researchers at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, New Zealand’s Crown Research Institute for land and environment, have produced the first map of individual kauri trees in New Zealand, focusing initially on the 27,000-hectare Waitakere Ranges Regional Park near Auckland, in the hope
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PEFC refresher training for auditors, reviewers or certification decision makers

18 August 2021
Auditors, reviewers and certification decision makers are invited to express interest in an online PEFC recognised chain of custody refresher training on the 2-3 September 2021. This event will be held if there is sufficient interest, so it is recommended that you register your intere
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IFA/AFG national conference access to all regardless of lockdowns

18 August 2021
Forest scientists, professionals and growers in lockdown need not fear about missing the IFA/AFG National Conference of the year. The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) has announced its National Conference to be held in October will be deliver
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Shortage of timber hampers construction sector

18 August 2021
CoreLogic’s national measure of residential construction costs show an increase of 1.4% in the three months to June 2021, outpacing the Consumer Price Index of 0.8% for the same period. Sources: CoreLogic, Timberbiz The latest Cordell Housing Index Price (CHIP) results show an annual
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50 containers of Aussie bound timber abandoned in China

18 August 2021
Five hundred homes worth of timber destined for Melbourne has been abandoned at a Shanghai dock because a shipping company accepted a lucrative offer to divert course to Los Angeles. Source: The Age, The Hardware Journal The Master Builders Association of Victoria (MBAV) said 50 conta
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China’s largest wooden structure

16 August 2021
With the aim of revitalizing the agricultural area in the Chinese province of Sichuan, the Tianfu Agriculture Expo Park which has an exhibition area of around 75,000m2 is the largest wooden structure in China to date. The Hasslacher Group in cooperation with StructureCraft has supplie
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Komatsu’s new Umea factory to begin forestry machinery production

16 August 2021
Forest machine production is soon to begin at Komatsu Forest’s newly built factory outside Umeå in northern Sweden. Here, assembly will take place on a single production line, around which the flows of both materials and people are optimised and automated to ensure high product
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