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Bruny Island logging scare is for the birds

16 April 2015
A Tasmanian wildlife tour operator says she fears her business will be destroyed if a planned logging operation goes ahead next to her Bruny Island property. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania is preparing to log a coupe next door to the conservation area, which is home to threatened
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Government reports and forestry maps released

16 April 2015
Two major information pieces were released this week that that provide reliable information on Australian forestry. Source: Timberbiz The first is Australia’s Forestry Industry 2015 map that shows a detailed snapshot of the forestry industry, including the location of major wood
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Take a stand for forestry says Colbeck

16 April 2015
  Senator Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, told the forestry industry to stand up for itself. Source: Timberbiz When Senator Richard Colbeck opened the Australia New Zealand Institute of Foresters conference in Victoria he used his speech
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Australians bludging wood off the world

16 April 2015
  At the opening of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Foresters conference this week Rob de Fégely of the Institute of Foresters suggested that Australia is not pulling its own weight in the wood industry. Source: Timberbiz Australia has 125 million hectares of forest,
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Grow your own furniture

09 April 2015
Making wooden furniture from scratch is a complicated process: you grow a tree for 60 or more years, only to chop it down, peel off its bark, cut it up into little pieces, and then finally join it all back together into a whole new shape. Sources: Fastcodesign, The Guardian UK When su
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Canada on top of the wood pile

09 April 2015
  Canada can feel proud that its forest products industry has become a world leader in environmental credentials. Source: The Nelson Daily For an industry that was admittedly once an environmental offender, the past few decades have been a remarkable journey. The latest statistic
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Australian Timber Floor Awards

09 April 2015
Nominations are open for the Australian Timber Floor of the Year 2015 competition. All tradespeople within the timber flooring industry who are members of the ATFA and have completed either a commercial or residential timber floor between 1 April 2014 and 30 April 2015 are eligible to
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Kyogle gets timber bridge repairs

09 April 2015
The small farming community of Kyogle scored a rare win over the government’s bureaucratic barriers for timber bridge repair. Source: The Land Kyogle Council, in North East New South Wales, has a massive 203 crumbling timber bridges on its books, the largest number needing repla
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Karawatha forest education centre

09 April 2015
Major works on Brisbane City Council’s new $7 million environmental education centre at Karawatha Forest will start next week. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, Karawatha ward councillor Kim Marx and Thomas Creevey from the Karawatha Forest Protection Society turned the first sod at the Acacia
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Timber knowledge courses

09 April 2015
The TMA in conjunction with Timber Training Creswick will be running the Timber Knowledge course on April 28-29, June 10-11 and October 6-7. Source: Timberbiz These courses are for anyone new to the industry or wanting to expand on the their timber knowledge. The courses are designed
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