Jane Bartier will leave her role as deputy CEO of ForestWorks on 19 September 2014 after more than six years with the organization. Source: Timberbiz

Koppers announced that it has completed the acquisition of the wood preservation and railroad services businesses of Osmose Holdings. Source: Timberbiz

After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a hunk of petrified wood from Arizona has finally been recognized as a one-of-a-kind find. Source: Discovery News

The shiny green one-half-inch-long, one-eighth-inch-wide emerald ash borer has destroyed tens of millions of ash trees in the US since the beetle’s discovery in 2002 in Detroit. Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Scientists at the University of Twente and at Forest Research, the research agency of the British Forestry Commission, used the UK Climate Projections 2009 data in models to show reduction in forest production by up to 42% by the 2080s due to climate change. Source: Phys Org

In our last Daily Timber News service we promoted an engineered wood function that was to be held in New Zealand. This function will, in fact, be held in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton.

A retail complex being built in Richmond, New Zealand is using an innovative new timber floor system. Sources: Stuff NZ, The Nelson Mail

Voters will have the tough task of choosing just one project from the 2014 Australian Timber Design Awards, with the People’s Choice gallery now open for public viewing and voting. Source: Architecture & Design

The Pine aphid, a devastating pest that causes more than $20 million in lost wood production to the softwood industry each year, is under pressure from a biological control taking hold in pine growing regions across NSW. Source: Timberbiz