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

World report on bioenergy production

Over the past two years, 137 experts from 24 countries and 82 institutions have collaborated to analyze a range of issues related to the sustainability of bioenergy production and use. Source: Eureka Alert The resulting report Bioenergy & Sustainability: Bridging the Gaps, will be
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Manhattan goes for high rise wood

Engineered wood isn’t a phrase that springs to mind when speaking of Manhattan real-estate projects. But a local partnership wants to change that, and the federal government hopes it succeeds. Source: The Wall Street Journal 130 134 Holdings LLC, in partnership with Spiritos Propertie
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Japan lumber self-sufficiency climbs

Japan’s lumber self-sufficiency rate is believed to have recovered above 30% for the first time in 27 years in 2014, according to industry officials. Source: Japan Times The recovery reflects increasing demand for domestic lumber amid the yen’s weakness, which has lifted prices for im
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Tas rehiring redundant forestry workers

The Tasmanian Opposition has accused the Government of rehiring forestry workers who had been made redundant as firefighting casuals. Source: ABC News Earlier in the year, the state-owned Forestry Tasmania (FT) was restructured, which involved significant job cuts and fuelled fears of
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Logging and trucking to pay for dusty roads

Logging and trucking industries will be asked to cough up cash to help solve a dusty road problem that has had residents up in arms for more than a decade. Source: New Zealand Herald Whangarei District Council had allocated $400,000 over the next two years to seal ten 100m strips alon
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Tweed pushes for bioenergy projects

Tweed shire is getting behind a cutting-edge regional project to convert organic trade, household an industry waste into a renewable-energy source. Source: The Echo The Northern Rivers Biohub study also aims to encourage community and businesses to get involved by providing the biomas
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Tasmania needs specialty timbers

New analysis strengthens the argument that selective logging of speciality timber in Tasmania’s World Heritage Area is necessary to meet the demand from craft industries, including boat builders, the State Government said. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania has advised the Gover
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Tassie timber boosting confidence

A boost in confidence among northern Tasmanian businesses has been attributed to the plantation forestry and tourism industries. Sources: ABC News, The Clarence Valley Daily Examiner The Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) released its quarterly Survey of Business Expect
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NZ forests change in a warm world

“Warm loving” trees like rimu could expand their range as the climate warms, forcing cooler-preferring plants out. New Zealand’s unique beech forest could be squeezed up and out by other natives like rimu as the world heats up, new studies suggest. Source: Stuff.co.n
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