The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) provided Environment Minister Greg Hunt a position statement prior to his attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting. Source: Timberbiz “With the right policy settings, the forest products industry coul

Plantation forestry companies, farmers and conservation groups are among those involved in two projects in Western Australia’s Great Southern region that aim to link and re-connect bushland in critical areas of the Gondwana Link pathway. Source: Timberbiz Federal Member for O’Connor,

A book about former Tasmanian timber giant Gunns has taken out a major award as part of the Premier’s Literary Prize. Source: ABC News Author and academic Quentin Beresford won the $25,000 Tasmania Book Prize for his forensic work The Rise and Fall of Gunns Limited. The judges c

Former Gunns boss John Gay and federal prosecutors have been ordered into mediation to determine how much Mr Gay should pay in a proceeds of crime case. Source: ABC News The Commonwealth DPP is seeking to recoup money Gay made from selling shares in the now-collapsed Gunns while he ha

The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) wants Federal Industry and Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne to include changes to preferential payments in his push for company law overhaul. Source: ABC News The liquidators of timber giant Gunns Limited have taken action again

Resolute Forest Products is threatening not to seek new Forest Stewardship Council certifications for its Canadian forests over fears that possible changes to the designation process could constrain its supply of wood. Source: Financial Post Chief among the Montreal-based company’s co

A record £151.15m of productive forests was traded last year, as the sector becomes an increasingly mainstream investment in the UK. Source: Stackyard In total, 98 properties comprising 18,435 hectares were sold. During 2015, UK timber production also reached a new record, with a tota

China’s paper industry is quickly transitioning into a slow-growth phase that poses challenges to pulp and wood fiber suppliers to that country. Source: RISI Yet, how the industry is developing varies greatly across different grades of paper. Much of the growth in production is in pac

Representatives from the Southern Downs Regional Council, Tenterfield Shire Council, Destination Southern Downs and local tourist information centres were treated to a tour of the iconic Killarney Sawmill. Source: Warwick Daily News President of the Killarney and District Historical S