Most supermarket products are covered in little symbols, brands, ticks and crosses. They can mean something is Australian-made, Heart Foundation-certified, “against animal testing” or “cruelty-free”.  Source: WA Today “Lots – even most – products we buy a

Timberlink is investigating the cause of a sawmill fire that shut down Marlborough Airport in New Zealand. Sources: The Marlborough Express, Stuff.co.nz Marlborough Airport was closed for three hours as its fire crew helped tackle a fire at the nearby Timberlink New Zealand sawmill si

A private forestry consultant says a state government measure to streamline red tape around the harvest of trees has had the opposite effect, and is proving costly and time-consuming for landholders. Source: ABC Rural The Newman Government introduced the Protected Plants Flora Survey 

Manawatu students in New Zealand are being encouraged to use alternative forestry species for furniture and not just relying on pine in a competition to produce the best woodwork. Source: Stuff.co.nz The project would add value to wood grown by many smaller foresters, said Bulls farm

Private Forestry Services Queensland (PFSQ) and Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) are hosting a field day on 31 October from 9am until 3pm. Source: Timberbiz The event will cover topics such a: new legislation – trigger maps harvesting,marketing, current log pricing fire management e

The largest ever shipment of logs and timber from New Zealand has left Northland on its way to India. Source: The New Zealand Herald The logging ship SBI Maia left Northport at Marsden Pt with more than 52,000 Japanese Agricultural Standard (jasm3) logs and timber products aboard, bou

The latest ABS housing figures confirm the new home building sector as the star performer of the Australian economy said the Housing Industry Association (HIA). Source: Timberbiz “Despite a modest decline in new dwelling commencements in the June 2015 quarter, there was still a record

The Bioenergy Association has is offering to showcase innovative medium scale wood fuelled heat plant and wood fuel supply in Otago with a focus on fuel handling systems. Source: Timberbiz According to the Association, Otago in New Zealand now has a reliable wood fuel supply and a ran

Forest owners are welcoming the planned introduction of the new clearance levy to help fund border biosecurity in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz “It is important that those who benefit from travel and tourism pay their share of keeping our farms, forests, orchards and national parks s