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China Forestry Group offers NZ scholarships to graduates

06 August 2021
China Forestry Group (NZ) Limited is offering a scholarship to support prospective graduates into the forestry industry. It is the fourth year this scholarship has been offered. Source: China Forestry Group The scholarship aims to develop the language and business skills of New Zealan
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Seed collection to restock hardwood timber plantations in NSW

06 August 2021
Seed collection is underway to grow another million native seedlings to replant another 1,000 hectares of hardwood timber plantations in State forests on the New South Wales north coast next year. Forestry Corporation’s Nursery Manager Kath French said Grafton Nursery staff were curre
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The beef with New Zealand’s Beef+Lamb survey

06 August 2021
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says the commissioned survey on forest planting rates is nowhere near robust nor detailed enough to draw a conclusion that the government should impose controls over the rate of forest planting. Source: Timberbiz Forest Owners Association presid
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FPC’s failure to deliver log contracts shutting businesses in WA

06 August 2021
The WA forestry industry is urging the State Government to provide support to businesses impacted by the Forest Products Commission’s failure to deliver on log contracts. Source: Timberbiz Sawmills and forestry contracting businesses are struggling due to poor supply, with a number of
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Prestigious Bob Hawke Landcare Award to agroforestry farmer

06 August 2021
Victorian farmer Andrew Stewart has been named winner of the prestigious Bob Hawke Landcare Award for his environmental work and sustainable agricultural achievements on his 230-hectare grazing and agroforestry property at Corangamite near Colac. Source: Timberbiz The award, which com
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Opinion: Mark Poynter – Australia’s short-sighted approach has caused this wood shortage

06 August 2021
According to industry newsletter, TimberBiz, Australia’s “… pipeline of homebuilding activity is at record levels and growing at its fastest ever pace. For the timber and wood products industry, the pressure is all the more significant because, while demand for sustainable
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Friday analysis: RFAs attacked state by state – NSW has its turn

06 August 2021
Australia’s Regional Forest Agreements are under attack like never before. So far this year the forestry industry has had two successes in two states in cases which, had the environmental lobby been successful, had the potential to derail the RFAs Australia-wide. After failures in Vic
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Southern Vietnam furniture hub under lockdown 

04 August 2021
The entire Southern Region of Vietnam has been placed under a two-week lockdown as confirmed Covid-19 cases exceeded 3,000 daily at the end of July. After successfully containing the virus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam is facing a rapid spread of infections that has led to movemen
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Remsoft supports forest teaching and research in Russia and Canada

04 August 2021
Remsoft will support forest management teaching and research at the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia and Canada’s University of Toronto through its Educational Partners Program (EPP). Source: Timberbiz Remsoft is a Canadian provider of asset management and asset optimizatio
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Tigercat shovel logger for extreme slopes

04 August 2021
Tigercat has launched its LSX870D shovel logger which is based on the LX870D series track carrier platform. The machine is designed for extreme duty steep slope logging. Source: Timberbiz With a choice of attachments including the new Tigercat BG13 grapple with a live heel boom or the
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