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Reforestation with 6 million seedlings

04 June 2015
More than six million seedlings are being dispatched from the Forestry Corporation’s Blowering Nursery near Tumut during a three-month operation. Source: PS News Strategy and Risk Manager at Forestry Corporation, Gavin Jeffries said the carefully measured radiata pine seedlings were b
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NZ safety council chair announced

04 June 2015
A safety council has been set up to help make forests safer workplaces. Source: Radio New Zealand The council – formed earlier this year and launched at Parliament has been set up in response to a recommendation from a panel that reviewed forestry safety last year. Dame Alison P
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NZ AGS is good but more consistency please

04 June 2015
Farm foresters and forest owners have welcomed the government’s decision to revive the Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS) but both industry groups would like to see more consistency and a greater commitment to forestry in the future. Source: NZ Farmer Newly elected president of th
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Gippsland bioenergy forum program

04 June 2015
A draft program for the Gipplsand bioenergy forum has been released. Source: Timberbiz The event starts on 18 June 2015 in the Heyfield Community Hub in Victoria with opening speakers Liz Hamilton of the Victorian Bioenergy Network together with Sue Websiter of Agribusiness Gippsland.
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NZ drylands forest initiative

04 June 2015
NZDFI is a research and development project working to develop ground-durable eucalypt species suited to New Zealand’s dryland regions. Source: Scoop Independent News The committee commends the work of the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative and has heard from representatives of NZ
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Ballina wants review of private logging

04 June 2015
Ballina Shire Council will push for a review of the state government’s decision not to allow the council to take control of approving native forestry in the shire. Source: Echonetdaily Late last year, the council voted to amend the Ballina Local Environment Plan 1987 to introduce a re
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RFA submission deadline extended

04 June 2015
Stakeholders now have until 12 June to finalise submissions to the review of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). Source: Timberbiz Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Richard Colbeck, and Tasmanian Minister for Resources, Paul Harriss have exten
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Nutty idea has potential

04 June 2015
Nuts and forestry waste will be the new engineered timber to use if Australian researchers have they way. Source: Timberbiz A research team led by University of Sydney architecture and engineering experts has received funding to investigate ways to 3D-print a new gradient timber panel
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New harvester head at SkogsElmia

27 May 2015
SP Maskiner’s SP 451 harvester head has an updated successor, called the SP 461 LF and is being presented at SkogsElmia from 4 to 6 June. “We’ve updated the entire engineering design,” said sales manager Gustav Granath. Mr Granath is a new face at the company. Last spring he succeeded
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Ponsse presents at SkogsElmia

27 May 2015
Ponsse is coming to SkogsElmia, which is on from 4-6 June at Jonkoping with a forwarder that’s half new. Source: Timberbiz It’s the company’s smallest model, the 10-tonne Gazelle. “It’s new ahead of the centre pivot,” said Eero Lukkarinen, managing director of Ponsse AB in Sweden. Gaz
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