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Indonesia plans to clear forests the size of Belgium

11 April 2025
Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive. Source: Associated Press Local communities say they’re already experiencing harm fro
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Papua New Guinea lifts ban on forest carbon credits

11 April 2025
Papua New Guinea will “immediately” lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation’s climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global emissions. Source: AFP The island of New Guinea is cloaked in the world’s
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Estimated 100,000 tonnes of WA timber may be left to rot

11 April 2025
Timber industry insiders are increasingly concerned an estimated 100,000 tonnes of timber harvested for forest health will be left to rot in huge stockpiles in WA’s South West. Those concerns have been rejected by WA Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis who says every bit of timber has a h
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Phasing out forestry from the Emissions Trading Scheme has wide implications

11 April 2025
Forest owners say a proposal to phase forestry out of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) would have widespread implications not just for forest owners, but for fulfilling New Zealand’s climate action goals. Source: Timberbiz The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment released
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Construction begins on $16M Forestry Centre of Excellence

11 April 2025
Construction works for the $16 million Forestry Centre of Excellence (FCoE) officially started with the turning of the first sod at UniSA’s Mt Gambier campus this week. Source: Timberbiz A central hub for the Green Triangle forest industry, the research, education and training centre
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UComms polling in Tasmania shows voters want to protect forestry

11 April 2025
New UComms polling conducted for the Australian Forest Products Association in the Tasmanian federal electorate of Lyons shows voters in the seat want all sides of politics to back in Tasmania’s native, plantation and downstream forest industries. Source: Timberbiz It follows UComms p
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One Nation policies align with forestry

11 April 2025
One Nation has moved to protect the 5700 jobs in Tasmania’s $1.2 billion forestry sector as part of its policy to make Australia self-sufficient in timber and help address Labor’s national housing crisis. Source: Timberbiz The move has been supported by the Australian Forest Products
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Forest Carbon Summit at the National Press Club

11 April 2025
The pivotal role of forests and carbon management in Australia’s net-zero future has been the in the spotlight at this week’s Forest Carbon Summit at the National Press Club in Canberra. Source: Timberbiz With the 3 May Federal election underway and environmental issues – forests, car
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Opinion: Andrew Morgan – Carbon price Is changing the future of forestry

11 April 2025
For more than two decades, SFM has worked at the intersection of forestry, agriculture and investment. We’ve partnered with landowners, investors and industry to unlock the full potential of plantation forests across Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Our work
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Great Forest Dialogue Day – 15 events in Finland

09 April 2025
Metsä aims to strengthen the biodiversity, vibrancy and climate resilience of forests in parallel with their economic value. The ambitious goals of regenerative forestry can’t be achieved alone. A common vision of the future was outlined at 15 discussions across Finland. The events or
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