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Metsa Board target is fossil free mills by 2030

08 August 2019
Metsä Board has published its sustainability targets for 2030 with one of the company’s targets to achieve fossil free mills by 2030 with zero fossil CO2 emissions. This ambitious target includes both emissions from the company’s own energy production as well as purchased energy. Curr
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Proof of certification simplified for construction

08 August 2019
Acknowledging and rewarding environmentally sustainable choices made in the construction industry is becoming increasingly important as the demand for greater sustainability grows among end consumers, government, developers and specifiers. Source: Timberbiz The most effective way for
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Holding up the Murtoa Stick Shed

08 August 2019
Australia is home to some outlandish and iconic ‘Big Things’ like the Big Banana, the Giant Koala and the Big Prawn but there’s one that really needs to go on the Lonely Planet’s list of Australia’s Big Things…The Mighty Murtoa Stick Shed in the Wimmera, Victoria. Sources: VAFI, Timbe
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Restructuring NZ training is a blow for Competenz

08 August 2019
New Zealand industry training organisation (ITO) Competenz has three years to hand over its 20,000 apprentices and trainees and the 3500 New Zealand employers it works alongside to training providers such as the NZ Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST), the centralised polytechni
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Indian sandalwood study comes to a close

08 August 2019
An Indian sandalwood study plot in Kununurra, Western Australia has been brought to a close with the final trees being harvested. Technical Support Office Mike Cully said that Senior Timber Assessor Steve Davis had been harvesting the plots for the last several years. Source: Timberbi
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Science and innovation grants open to young foresters

08 August 2019
Australia’s young agricultural innovators, scientists and researchers wanting to make a difference in agriculture are invited to submit their innovative agricultural research project ideas for a chance to receive a share in up to $242,000 in grants. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Agri
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ForestFit project manager at AFCA

08 August 2019
AFCA has appointed Sue Kennedy as ForestFit Project Manager. Ms Kennedy will be working out of New South Wales and will play a vital role in the delivery this important project. The role is supported and funded by the NSW Government. Source: Timberbiz The ForestFit Contractor Training
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Australian Paper on track with $200m spend

08 August 2019
Australian Paper is moving ahead with its five-year, $200 million capital investment program at its Maryvale paper mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The company committed $51 million in the second year of the program to upgrade key strategic infrastructure, according to AP’s 2018 Sus
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UK Wood Awards 2019 finalists

06 August 2019
Twenty structures and 12 products have been nominated for the UK’s Wood Awards 2019 shortlist, among them a jewellery collection, a ‘House in a Garden’ and a radar station renovated into a holiday let. Source: Timberbiz The buildings judging panel is led by three-time Gold Award winne
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Ethiopia sets new world record in tree planting

06 August 2019
Ethiopia has set a new world record for the most trees ever planted in a single day, planting more than 350 million seedlings and young plants in an effort to reverse the effects of deforestation and climate change. Source: Timberbiz The campaign comes after reports that the country’s
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