I have spoken many times in this place, as senators would be aware, about the significant contribution that is made by our sustainable forestry industry, given the important role that it has played in my home state of Victoria and obviously across the country in other states, and the

Victoria’s timber towns are set to be stripped of more jobs, as Premier Jacinta Allan prepares to cut 208 staff from her government’s Bushfire and Forest Services Group across 99 regional sites, according to The Weekly Times. Source: The Weekly Times Orbost, Omeo, Heyfield, Bairnsdale

The Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests launched its  PEFC-endorsed national Trees Outside Forests  certification standard in New Delhi last week. Source: Timberbiz “In India, trees outside forests resources play a vital role in the timber production sector, contribu

Remsoft has announced the launch of new Carbon Management capabilities that extend its suite of intelligent forestry planning solutions powered by the company’s flagship Woodstock Optimization Studio. Source: Timberbiz These advanced capabilities seamlessly integrate with Remsoft’s St

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL are spraying water vapour into the crowns of mature pine trees in the Pfynwald forest in the canton of Valais. The large-scale experiment is designed to reveal the impact of soil and ai

Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has announced the opening of a public consultation period for two draft standards to shape the future of recycled timber use in Australia. Source: Timberbiz The proposed standards, FWPA Standard G01 for Recycled Structural Timber and FWPA St

Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan has been accused of failing to honour a commitment to meet directly with members of the East Gippsland timber industry. Source: Timberbiz And according to the Member for Gippsland East Tim Bull, this simply shows the government’s complete disdain

Tasmania has been experiencing damaging gale force winds resulting in many fallen trees including damage to privately-owned plantations and native forests. Source: Timberbiz Known in forestry terms as windthrow, trees are uprooted, broken, snapped and overthrown by fierce winds and st