A central western Queensland council is hoping the purchase of a disused sawmill will generate jobs in the region. Source: ABC News

Bodalla Park rest area and Mummaga Lake walking track in Bodalla State Forest will be temporarily closed from mid-August for the safety of visitors during timber harvesting in the area. Source: Narooma News

Machines that fell trees by remote control are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests. Source: The New Zealand Herald

Environmentalist and Wotif founder Graeme Wood has flagged court action against the chairman of the committee set up to investigate the sale, closure and dismantling of the Triabunna wood chip mill. Source: The Examiner

Forestry Tasmania managing director Bob Gordon told the inquiry into the Triabunna woodchip mill that timber company Gunns had become ‘‘erratic and unpredictable’’ in the lead-up to the sale of the mill. Source: The Examiner

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry John McVeigh, will see the jobs and investment delivered by Superior Wood’s Imbil and Melawondi sawmill and manufacturing plants on his he visit to Mary Valley today. Source: Timberbiz

A slowdown in the Chinese economy impacted the construction sector in early 2014 resulting in a decline in lumber import volumes by 16% in the 1Q/14 as compared with the previous quarter. Sources: Scoop, Wood Resources Internationa

Climate change is here, it’s happening now, and for the last few decades it has been demonstrably bad news for many of Europe’s forests. Source: The Guardian

Scores of firefighters in central Sweden are battling a wildfire that has burned forested land and killed at least one person. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, Euronews