Australasia's home for timber news and information

Mt Burr project embeds local cultural and forest experience in students

09 August 2021
Environmental education and biodiversity improvements are continuing at Mt Burr Swamp, thanks to the support of Responsible Wood and OneFortyOne. Source: Timberbiz Funding was obtained to continue education and biodiversity improvements. The project was about creating a walking trail
Continue Reading →

Jason Wilson to head New Zealand Forest Service

09 August 2021
The Forest Owners Association says the appointment of Jason Wilson to head Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service, is absolutely appropriate for the huge challenges and opportunities facing the forest industry in its key role of enabling New Zealand to meet both climate change and
Continue Reading →

Maria River forest to grow 300,000 seedlings

09 August 2021
Preparations are underway to grow and plant 300,000 seedlings in recently harvested timber plantations in Maria River State Forest near Kempsey. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation’s Hardwood Plantation Manager Craig Busby said seeds were collected from State forests near Coffs Har
Continue Reading →

A tale of Tasman log exports and the whimsy of overseas customers

09 August 2021
Latest log export data for Australia and New Zealand tells two radically different stories. New Zealand’s log exports are booming and the price is at record levels. Meantime, Australia’s trade is constrained on both fronts, despite the strength of global demand for fibre. Source: Indu
Continue Reading →

ForestTECH 2021 to focus on mechanised planting tech

09 August 2021
Last year, for the first time since the ForestTECH series began back in 2007, the annual forestry technology update run for local forestry companies and delegates from another 20 countries, covered new technologies around forest establishment, mechanised planting and silviculture. Sou
Continue Reading →

Citizen scientists work with VicForests to protect flora and fauna

09 August 2021
VicForests has praised the important role “citizen scientists’’ play in its harvesting planning. “Like everyone, we care about protecting our precious flora and wildlife in our native forests,” VicForests CEO Monique Dawson said. Source: Timberbiz. “That’s why before any harvesting we
Continue Reading →

Queensland tops the housing scorecard

09 August 2021
Queensland has been propelled to the top of HIA’s Housing Scorecard for the first time since 2007.
The HIA Housing Scorecard report presents analysis which ranks each of the eight states and territories based on the performance of 13 key residential building indicators, including deta
Continue Reading →

More than 1750 nail plate trusses hold together a Japanese factory

06 August 2021
Where do you find 1750 nail plate trusses in Japan?  Well, it is actually 1758 trusses, and they are being installed at ARCHIVISION21’s new state-of-the-art prefabricated modular factory that is being constructed in Chitose, Hokkaido. Source: Timberbiz If you think that is a lot of tr
Continue Reading →

Ecological forestry can lower insurance premiums

06 August 2021
Ecological forestry, which includes prescribed burns and thinning overgrown forests, can decrease total insurance premiums by 41% for homeowners’ coverage, while a range of decreases was seen for commercial property premiums, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson and The Nature
Continue Reading →

Carbon offset forests on fire in the US

06 August 2021
Forests in the United States that generate the carbon offsets bought by companies including BP and Microsoft are on fire as summer blazes rage in North America. Source: Financial Times Corporate net-zero emission pledges rely on such projects to compensate for the carbon dioxide gener
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.