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Shane Jones – you can’t press the reset button on NZ forestry

15 April 2020
Foresters are saying that log supply to domestic and export markets is inextricably linked and can’t be separated, as Forests Minister Shane Jones now seems to be advocating. Forest Owners Association President Phil Taylor says a harvest of just about any forest will produce higher gr
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PEFC introduces new website for NZ

08 April 2020
PEFC in New Zealand has a new online home with the announcement by the New Zealand Forest Certification Association (NZFCA) of a new website promoting PEFC forest certification for New Zealanders. Source: Timberbiz The new website will keep New Zealanders abreast of all things PEFC an
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ForestTECH, WoodTECH and HarvestTECH all affected by COVID-19

08 April 2020
Organisers of ForestTECH 2020 which was scheduled to run in November are watching as Covid-19 developments progress before making a call on the event. However, WoodTECH 2020, scheduled to run in Rotorua on 19-20 August 2020 and then again in Melbourne on 25-26 August 2020 has been pos
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NZ forest industries need to get back to work

08 April 2020
Forest industry organisations in New Zealand are planning how to get back to work when restrictions on non-essential work are lifted for the industry. Organisations, representing forest growers, transport, processing and contractors have set up a working group to develop risk assessme
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WPMA to publish final timber design guides

06 April 2020
The Wood Processors and Manufacturers’ Association (WPMA) in New Zealand knows that standardised, good quality information helps the wider construction sector confidently design with and approve timber structures using the many new engineered timber solutions available today. It will
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Container crisis started in China to continue for months

06 April 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic crisis continues and deepens globally, shipping and freight continue to be the life blood for many nations. Beyond mere economics and trade, it is shipping and freight that delivers food and medical supplies to much of the world, every month. Source: IndustryE
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OFO’s carbon negative approach for now and the future

06 April 2020
OneFortyOne’s annual report card has shown the entire operation is carbon negative from its tree seedling through to the final wood product, a scenario common for much of the forestry sector. Source: Timberbiz Last year the company calculated its carbon footprint to understand how muc
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Resene Timber Design Award winners

03 April 2020
From revolutionary building designs with the potential to change the way architects and engineers use timber to a brand new, flexible organic material developed from balsa wood that’s significantly stronger and more transparent than the original, the NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Award
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Ents Forestry to manage Peppermint Estate

03 April 2020
Australia-based forestry investor New Forests has appointed Ents Forestry Pty Ltd to manage the plantation assets of Peppermint Estate Pty Ltd in Western Australian. Source: Timberbiz Peppermint Estate is owned by New Forests’ Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 (ANZFF3), an instituti
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Branding starts for OFO in NZ as it transitions from Nelson Forests

30 March 2020
The New Zealand side of the OneFortyOne (OFO) business is arguably experiencing a bigger change than other areas as it transitions from the well-known regional brand of Nelson Forests to OneFortyOne New Zealand as part of the company-wide rebranding project. Source: Timberbiz Environm
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