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Scion scientist appointed ambassador for bioeconomy

While global leaders discussed how to respond to “climate tipping points” at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Switzerland, one young science leader at Scion has emerged as an ambassador for the bioeconomy. Source: Timberbiz Dr Angelique Greene has been appointed as a Bioec
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Game of Thrones wasp to keep beetles under control

After more than 10 years of research, a new biocontrol tool has been released to help combat a beetle destroying valuable Eucalypt plantation forests in New Zealand, highlighting that the solutions can often be found in nature. Source: Timberbiz Forestry and wood products contributed
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New Zealand is a testing ground for wilding pine eradication

Wilding conifers are a major threat to New Zealand’s environment and economy. Understanding how these species invade and re-invade the landscape is critical to win the battle against these invasive trees. Re-invasion is a complex puzzle and Scion’s research supports a nationally coord
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Forest Owners refutes Newshub report on plantation soils

The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says the fact that soils under plantation forests are similar to soils under native trees, does not make them damaged, as a recent Newshub report has claimed. Source: Timberbiz FOA President, Grant Dodson, says a representative of fertiliser company
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Seed banking isn’t enough to conserve all NZ plants

New research led by a Canterbury academic identifies that conventional seed banking alone isn’t enough to conserve all of New Zealand’s endemic plants. Source: Timberbiz Dr Sarah Wyse, who lectures in the School of Forestry at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC)
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CarbonScape develops wood-based graphite

Graphite is essential for making lithium-ion batteries. In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal, it accounts for up to half the weight of a typical battery today. Source: Clean Technica (edited by Timberbiz) While the world slept through the first two decades of the 21st Century
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Prolam reopens 80-year-old sawmill

Closed by its original owners in 2017, Prolam has brought an 80-year-old sawmill on Little Sydney Road, Motueka, New Zealand back to life to support the manufacture of structural timber solutions. Source: Timberbiz Prolam Managing Director John Woodman says the refurbished and upgrade
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Recloaking NZ presented at COP28

Recloaking Papatūānuku was officially presented by Pure Advantage and WWF-New Zealand to a global audience at COP28 in Dubai as a New Zealand initiative developed to help counter the climate and biodiversity crisis. Source: Timberbiz The initiative was commended by the international a
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COP 28 pledge by WPMA

The announcement made at COP 28 for an increased use of timber in construction as a vital decarbonisation tool is applauded by New Zealand’s Wood Processing and Manufacturers Association (WPMA). Source: Timberbiz With key allies such as the United States, Japan, Australia, and G
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Solutions to restore 2 million hectares of forest in New Zealand

Recloaking Papatūānuku is a nature-based solution to strategically restore and enhance 2.1 million hectares of diverse Indigenous forests across New Zealand over the next decade. Source: Timberbiz Pure Advantage released a report on Recloaking Papatūānuku developed by McKinsey & C
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