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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

AFPA joins National Farmers’ Federation

The Australian Forest Products Association has joined the National Farmers’ Federation as a commodity member. Source: The Land AFPA is a national industry body representing the timber growing, sawmilling, other wood processing, and pulp and paper industries, including plantations and
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VAFI says government should not abandon recycled paper

The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) is urging the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to abandon a policy to use 100% recycled paper in its offices. Source: Timberbiz VAFI CEO Tim Johnston said that under the policy, that had been in place for five years, a
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Picture perfect timber

Photographer Tyson Haslam has an interesting hobby: he takes vintage cameras and gives them a new look by replacing the rubber grips and various other panels with wooden veneers. Source: Petapixel, photo courtesy Tyson Haslam Unlike photographer Patrick Ng’s wooden-styled Canon F-1n,
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Tighter rules wanted for EU timber

UK consumers want better laws that ensure the legality of wood products on the market in the UK and across Europe, a new survey finds. Source: Blue & Green Tomorrow Major timber-related businesses from the UK and other EU countries, from producers to retailers, have also signed a
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China International Forest Products Fair

The 8th China Yiwu International Forest Products Fair, coorganized by the State Forestry Administration of China and the government of Zhejiang province, will be held at the Yiwu International Expo Center on November 1-4 in 2015. Source: PR Wire This year is the seventh consecutive ye
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Remote controlled felling

New Zealand’s first remote-controlled forest-harvesting machine will help ensure the safety of forestry crews working on steep land. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, The Northern Advocate That was the verdict of Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy after he saw the machine in
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Agreement signed between NZ and Solomon Islands

An agreement has been signed by the Solomon Islands Sawn Timber Industry and New Zealand Imported Tropical Timber that signifies a step towards reducing illegal timber imports. Source: Solomon Island Broadcasting Corporation Pacific Periscope reports under the agreement, the Solomon I
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TasPort finalizing Tribunna wharf sale

TasPorts is finalising the sale of the government-owned Triabunna mill wharf on Tasmania’s east coast to an unnamed buyer. Source: ABC News The land-locked port has not been used since Gunns stopped exporting woodchips from the site and closed the mill in 2011. Entrepreneur Grae
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Drone gathers tree data in NT

The company in charge of Australia’s largest African mahogany plantation has enlisted the services of a drone to gather data on its trees in the Northern Territory. Source: ABC Rural African Mahogany Australia (AMA) manages nearly 13,000 hectares of mahogany trees in the Douglas
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