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OneSafe meets for 100th time

02 December 2024
The OneSafe Group has recently celebrated its 100th meeting, marking a significant milestone in its ongoing commitment to enhancing safety across the forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz Initiated in 2016, OneSafe Group was established as a collaborative by OneFortyOne and its partner
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Fiji workshop to help strengthen biosecurity for our region

02 December 2024
A workshop in Fiji this month will seek to strengthen biosecurity in the Pacific by developing a new strategy to manage risks associated with sea container movements. Source: Timberbiz The strategy aims to reduce the global spread of hitchhiker pests across the Pacific region via the
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Nature Positive Bill is pointing to a rudderless divided Labor government

02 December 2024
Even after the Prime Minister scuppered a deal this week to pass Nature Positive legislation with the crossbench, Labor MPs are still claiming that the prospect of a Federal EPA could still be delivered early next year before the Federal election. Source: Timberbiz There is now chaos,
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Opinion: Vic Eddy – Our national parks have failed

29 November 2024
I am at risk of sounding like a cracked record. I have 59 years’ experience of managing productive native forests. The Department promoting the Improved Native Forest Management Plan (INFM) proposes an end to sustainable management. I Googled INFM and found references to just about an
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Baku climate conference sheds light on regulation and sustainability

27 November 2024
In a world increasingly defined by its environmental challenges, a gathering of experts at the Climate Conference in Baku (COP 29) shed light on the intricate dance between regulation and sustainability. Source: Timberbiz The side event, titled “Regulation and Beyond Opportuniti
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Major Australian cities fail international tree canopy goals

27 November 2024
New research measuring access to nature for eight major global cities, including central Melbourne and Sydney, found most have inadequate canopy cover despite access to an abundance of trees. Source: Timberbiz Just 3% of buildings in Melbourne’s innermost suburbs had adequate neighbou
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Rotorua science symposium focuses on the impact of cyclone Gabrielle

27 November 2024
A symposium in Rotorua is bringing together recent research on tropical cyclone ecology, with a special focus on the ecological impacts of last year’s Cyclone Gabrielle. Source: Timberbiz The symposium is part of the 2024 New Zealand Ecological Society Conference, which is on from 25
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AI keeping a watch on SA during the fire season

27 November 2024
The rollout of a new bushfire detection camera network using artificial intelligence (AI) to protect the state’s forest plantations and communities in the South East of South Australia has been completed in time for fire danger season. Industry is now in conversations about trials acr
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Truckwise Roadshow to benefit heavy vehicle safety

25 November 2024
Deakin University’s Truckwise Roadshow will receive crucial funding from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI), supported by the Australian Government. Source: Timberbiz The Roadshow will provide invaluable heavy vehicle education for you
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WorkSafe NZ zeroes in on forestry

22 November 2024
WorkSafe New Zealand is urging the forestry sector to reflect on what more it can do to improve safety, as the details of yet another worker death emerge from a court prosecution. Source: Timberbiz Jake Duncan was fatally struck when a log came loose and hurtled 325 metres down a hill
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