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Swamp kauri found at building site 45,000 years old

24 October 2019
A cache of swamp kauri found by construction workers earlier this year on the West Auckland building site of the country’s largest retail store may yield important information about climate change according to a leading environmental scientist. Source: Timberbiz Results from radiocarb
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Scion’s artificial intelligence identifies radiata pine seedlings

22 October 2019
Scion has pioneered a new artificial intelligence (AI) based system that uses low-cost RGB imagery from UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to identify radiata pine seedlings. The algorithm they have created could soon replace manual surveys, which are laborious, sometimes dangerous and o
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Forest Growers Research Awards announced in Wellington

17 October 2019
Forest Research Awards emphasise a range of challenges in tree science and researchers in fields as diverse as nitrogen movement in forest soils, to the designer of a grapple on a helicopter to collect forest slash from vulnerable slopes, were recognised at the Forest Growers Research
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NZ Postgrad scholarships for primary industries

15 October 2019
Applications are open for the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries Postgraduate Science Scholarships for PhD and Masters students undertaking primary sector research. Source: Timberbiz MPI Chief Science Adviser, Dr John Roche says the scholarships are an investment in New Zeala
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NZ’s four largest private landowners are foreign companies

10 October 2019
An investigation by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has found that the four largest private landowners in New Zealand are all foreign-owned forestry companies. The report says that this has occurred despite a clampdown on overseas investment. Sources: Timberbiz, Radio New Zealand According to
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KiwiRail adds wagons to transport 45,000 tonnes of logs

08 October 2019
KiwiRail’s additional log wagons on freight trains to Port Taranaki will avoid the need for 2700 truck trips on the regions roads, according to KiwiRail Group Chief Executive Greg Miller. Six log wagons have been added to the daily freight service between Whanganui and New Plymo
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Scion and PF Olsen selecting the right forest for Hawke’s Bay

02 October 2019
Scion, in collaboration with PF Olsen, is working with the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to identify where forests could fit into the regional landscape. This project is a ‘real life’ application of Scion’s strategy ‘Right tree, right place, right purpose’ promoting an approach that wo
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NZ finalists for spatial awards

01 October 2019
Finalists for the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) have been announced and include a number of businesses associated with forestry. The awards received 34 entries showing various spatial technologies being employed in a number of different areas. The winners will be annou
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Significant milestones for NZ ‘s One Million Trees

26 September 2019
New Zealand’s One Billion Trees Fund has just hit two significant milestones that will create more than 7500 hectares of new forest cover. Speaking at a celebratory dinner at Parliament to mark 100 years of the New Zealand Forestry Service, Forestry Minister Shane Jones said the Fund
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Sumitomo NZ to spend heavily on more pine forests

24 September 2019
The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses to expand their forestry operations. Sumitomo Corp plans to spend about 25 billion yen on acquiring more pine forest in New Zealand, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s major ti
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