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Are Greens spiking trees in Tasmania? A deadly serious concern for sawmillers

22 May 2020
Tasmanian Police are investigating fresh allegations of “deadly” tree spiking in Tasmanian forests, as protests in logging areas starts up again. The spiked logs were supplied to at least two southern Tasmanian sawmills on Tuesday, destroying saws worth up to $15,000 and,
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Opinion: Tim Johnston – Forestry can support our return to normal

22 May 2020
In recent days the State and Commonwealth Governments have begun to announce plans for a phased relaxation of the restrictions in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. This welcome news has come after many weeks of uncertainty and anxiety for Victorians, and I’m sure I’m not alone in
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Opinion: Dr Nerida Anderson and Professor Rodney Keenan – forestry is a great opportunity for farmers

22 May 2020
Australia’s catastrophic bushfires earlier this year may seem like a long time ago now as focus has shifted to the COVID-19 pandemic, but their impact continues. The fires, which devastated the country’s east, had a major impact on timber resources in both plantations and
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Friday Analysis: Spiking a log is simply bastardry

22 May 2020
It is surprisingly hard to put into words the bastardry being inflicted on Tasmania’s mill operators. Spikes have been found in several trees at two Tasmanian sawmills leaving political parties at loggerheads over who is responsible for the industrial sabotage. Source: Bruce Mitchell
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Swedish company promoting natural forest not clearcutting

20 May 2020
The popular image of Sweden as a forest-rich nation is no myth: 58% of the land area is productive woodland. But beyond this statistic lies another disturbing one. Nearly three-quarters of Swedish forests are less than 60 years old, and most of the woodland comprises spruce and pine p
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Forest Landowners call on US Congress for financial certainty

20 May 2020
Forest Landowners (FLA) in the US is calling for Congress to finally provide much-needed financial certainty during the COVID-19 crisis for forest farmers, ensuring rural communities that depend on a timber economy will have the financial certainty to replant their lands after the los
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West Papua petition to stop trade in rainforest kwila

20 May 2020
National network West Papua Action Aotearoa, this week launched a petition calling on “Trade Me” to stop the trade of the rainforest timber kwila/merbau on their site. Source: Timberbiz “In 2010 we negotiated an agreement that Trade Me would only allow kwila products that had two very
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Upgrade for Scion research nursery

20 May 2020
Scion’s research nursery has been upgraded with new facilities and demonstrations of state-of-the- art machinery not yet used in New Zealand forestry. The facilities are pilot scale, but show how a modular, automated, lean-flow, environmentally sustainable propagation facility could w
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VicForests wants input on Management of High Conservation Value

20 May 2020
VicForests is seeking input from interested and affected parties on its updated Management of High Conservation Value (HCV) documentation. The deadline for submissions is 29 May, after which VicForests will finalise this version of the Management of High Conservation document. Source:
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Eden-Monaro seat a three-way female battle

20 May 2020
A mother-of-five has entered the battle for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro despite the chaos surrounding the seat’s vacancy. Karen Porter will be running as an independent under the ‘New Liberals party’ banner after Labor member Dr Mike Kelly announced his retiremen
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