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Foundation members for new Vic Forest Products Association

04 September 2020
The newly formed Victorian Forest Products Association has announced its 23 foundation members and elected its Interim governing council. The new association will span Victoria’s forest industry value chain including plantations, native forestry operators, sawmills and pulp and paper
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Softwood bypassing SA mills and heading to China

04 September 2020
A South Australian regional timber processor has warned thousands of tonnes of softwood resource are bypassing mills and heading to China, despite long-term shortages facing some businesses. Source: ABC Softwood export volumes decreased during the start of the pandemic, but trade is a
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Friday analysis: faulty scientific paper has damaged all sides

04 September 2020
So, a peer-reviewed scientific paper, written by Professor James Kirkpatrick, Suyanti Winoto-Lewin and Jenny Sanger from the University of Tasmania’s Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, has been retracted from the MDPI journal Fire. The journal has apologised to its readers.
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Growing next gen Green Triangle forests

02 September 2020
More than 1500 white bags are being carefully fitted to the flowering stems of radiata pine trees grafted in orchards in Mount Gambier in an important step towards creating superior genetics to grow the next generation of Green Triangle forests. Source: Timberbiz In what could be disg
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Federal Government opens purse strings on $40m forest recovery fund

02 September 2020
Fire-impacted forest industries can apply to the Federal Government’s $40 million Forestry Recovery Development Fund from today. Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam said yesterday competitive grants of between $1 million and $5 million would strengthen industry
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Australian Senate labels research in Tas Uni paper ‘bodgy’

02 September 2020
The Institute of Foresters of Australia wants an apology from the University of Tasmania after a paper suggesting forestry harvesting activities make forests more bushfire prone was withdrawn by the journal Fire due to a number of errors. And in a further major embarrassment for the a
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FSC HQ threatens to deregister Australian FSC

02 September 2020
FSC Australia is under pressure over governance issues, with FSC headquarters in Germany believed to have threatened to deregister the Australian branch or appoint an administrator if the local certification body does not get its act together. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The
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Harvesting and replanting of Kinross State Forest

31 August 2020
A multi-year operation to harvest and replant pine plantations in Kinross State Forest will commence in October, producing enough timber to construct the frames for more than 3000 homes and fit out their kitchens and closets. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Fire and St
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COVID mitigation in Green Triangle proves it can work

31 August 2020
Strict coronavirus mitigation plans have allowed the Green Triangle forest and timber sector to maintain business flow which the industry believes provides a convincing case for a long-term border travel exemption. Source: Timberbiz With the Federal Government urging State Governments
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Kangaroo Island proves plantations can act to suppress fire

31 August 2020
Independent research from Airborne Research Australia after the 2019-20 bushfires on Kangaroo Island has confirmed that plantations can act as a fire suppressant. Source: Timberbiz “From what I can see on our aerial imagery and Lidar it does not seem to support the opinion that the pl
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