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Bennett’s Trails in SA – resilience, collaboration and blisters

04 August 2021
It was smiles all round at the opening of two new trails at Bennett’s Forest Reserve in the Adelaide Hills in early July. The sun came out along with 40-odd riders and delegates from Forestry SA to experience the new trails built by Gravity Enduro SA and an army of volunteers. S
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Howitt Society asks coroner to look at Black Summer bushfires

04 August 2021
The Howitt Society has asked the Victorian Coroner to investigate aspects of the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires. Following the fires, the Government of Victoria commissioned a report by the Inspector General for Emergency Management (IGEM) and the Commonwealth Government commissi
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Forestry NSW moves 32 tonnes of rubbish from the forest

04 August 2021
Over recent months, Forestry Corporation of NSW has removed over 32 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish from Nambucca and Newry State Forests. Both of these areas have a history of persistent illegal dumping, with Nambucca in particular having a reputation as one of the worst on the co
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NZ may limit wood exports due to shortages

04 August 2021
Comments this morning from New Zealand’s Building and Construction Minister Poto Williams that the Government is considering limiting wood exports to keep construction materials from going offshore, will send a shiver down the spine of many businesses according to the ACT’s Trade spok
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Exodus from Melbourne and Sydney boosts building in other states

04 August 2021
More than 60,000 people departed Sydney and Melbourne for other parts of the country in the 12 months to March 2021 which saw a greater increase in building approvals than in the capital cities. Source: Timberbiz “The exodus of residents from Melbourne is a trend that has emerged foll
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Melina Bath calls out Labor on ‘bogus’ promise for a seedling nursery in Gippsland

04 August 2021
Ten months after the State Government in Victoria said it would create a ‘state owned’ seedling nursery at Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland, the site continues to sit idle. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath, said when Labor announced the nursery
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Federal Court challenge to NSW RFAs could jeopardise all RFAs

04 August 2021
The Environmental Defenders Office is heading to the Federal Court to challenge a New South Wales Regional Forest Agreement. Originally signed between the Commonwealth and New South Wales in 2000, it was renewed in 2018 for another 20 years with rolling extensions that could continue
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Pentarch purchases two sawmills after buying Boral’s timber business

02 August 2021
The Pentarch Group has purchased the assets of Dormit Pty Ltd which operates two sawmills and associated operations located at Dandenong South and Swifts Creek in Victoria. Source: Timberbiz It processes hardwood logs primarily for pallet production with final processing occurring in
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Australian 737 airtanker sent to fight US wildfires

02 August 2021
Australia has sent a jet air tanker to the United States to help fight wildfires in the US. Source: Associated Press Officials at the National Interagency Fire Centre in Boise said that the Boeing 737 from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service had arrived. The jet is being made avail
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Sweden on the verge of war among forestry and activists

02 August 2021
More than two-thirds of Sweden is covered by trees, and that’s turning the country into a battleground between loggers and climate activists. The spark is the EU’s new Forest Strategy. It aims to boost biodiversity, limit burning trees for energy, protect remaining old gro
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