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ABARES report shows decline in plantation areas

29 October 2021
An ABARES report shows a steep decline in plantation areas, but new trees are needed to tackle climate change and meet structural timber demand, according to the Victorian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (ABARES)
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CFMEU escalates its campaign against Victorian Labor plan

29 October 2021
The timber workers union, CFMEU Manufacturing, has escalated its campaign against the Victorian Government’s plan to shut down the State’s native forest industry. Michael O’Connor, National Secretary, CFMEU Manufacturing said the Victorian plan needs to be scrapped, and workers and co
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Opinion: Michael O’Connor – Labor’s poverty plan for timber workers

29 October 2021
Federal Labor’s blue-collar voter pitch is undermined by the Victorian Government’s poverty plan for timber workers. With a renewed global and national focus on transitioning emissions intensive industries to assist in meeting ambitious climate targets, Federal Labor will need to demo
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Friday analysis: another Greens publicity stunt another time waster for Tas parliament

29 October 2021
Why do the Greens do it? Why do they even bother? Why do they waste so much valuable time on little more than pointless publicity stunts? It’s probably because they can. This week it was a Bill the Greens leader in Tasmania Cassy O’Connor introduced the Forest Management Amendment (Mi
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Shake table test of 10 storey wooden building

27 October 2021
Sumitomo announced that it will participate in the NHERI Tall Wood Project, which includes a shake table test of a full-scale 10-storey wood building expected to happen in June 2022 on the NHERI (Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure) outdoor shake table facility at Unive
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Research confirms consumers moved to buy sustainable wood products

27 October 2021
New research has confirmed that consumers want to make sustainability-focused purchasing decisions and trusted third party certification labels play an increasingly important role. Source: Timberbiz According to research conducted by Globe Scan for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
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Hyne owes its new drying kiln to the work of ARC Future Timber Hub

27 October 2021
Hyne Timber has been celebrating the commencement in operations of its much-anticipated new Continuous Drying Kiln which was marked in an official ribbon cutting event held earlier this month. However, in the background the ARC Future Timber Hub in Queensland has contributed greatly t
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International Wood Manifesto – a roadmap for timber and wood use

27 October 2021
An international Wood Manifesto setting the future roadmap for timber and wood use in construction and other products will be launched in the UK this week ahead of the COP26 talks. Source: Timberbiz The manifesto – Growing Our Low-Carbon Future: Time for Timber – is a coll
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Transition Policy for Chain of Custody published

27 October 2021
Responsible Wood has published a Transition Policy for Chain of Custody certificate holders and certification bodies. The new standard supersedes AS 4707:2014 and is the Australian adoption of the PEFC International Chain of Custody Standard PEFC ST 2002:2020. Source: Timberbiz Althou
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Forestry Corp planting record hardwood and pine to rebuild forest plantations

27 October 2021
Forestry Corporation of NSW has overseen 16 million pine and hardwood seedlings hand planted this year, a record effort to rebuild State plantation forests lost in the Black Summer bushfires and previously harvested. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation’s Strategy and Risk Manager,
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