Due to overwhelming interest, Private Forests Tasmania’s Trees on Farms Grants Program has extended the closing date for applications to 11.59pm on Monday 7 February 2022. Source: Timberbiz The program, which was developed to assist farmers with upfront establishment costs of co

  Forestry PhD graduates Michelle Balasso and Vilius Gendvilas obtained their PhD degrees from the University of Tasmania last year after being supported by Forico and other partners in their studies at the ARC Training Centre for Forest Value. Source: Timberbiz The Centre for Fo

The idea for a wooden sidewalk came to Akihiko Higuchi after his grandmother lost her eyesight. Instead of a sidewalk of asphalt, could one be made with something else that is safer for the visually impaired? The answer was wood, which also made it eco-friendly. Source: Inquirer Kyush

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Randy Moore have launched a comprehensive response to the nation’s growing wildfire crisis – “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests.” Source: Ti

Finnish plywood manufacturer Koskisen is the first company to start using a bio-based binder NeoLigno by Stora Enso in its new sustainable product family. Source: Timberbiz Koskisen and Stora Enso’s co-operation has resulted in the world’s first entirely bio-based furniture board, cal

Forestry’s future workforce has received a boost through a partnership between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) New Zealand and an Otago secondary school. Source: Timberbiz MPI funded a two-week silviculture course for students at Milton’s Tokomairiro High School

The WA Government has been told to stop dragging its feet over the Native Forest Transition Group and its subgroups which were set up to supply support packages for workers affected by the State Government’s contentious decision to ban native logging by 2024. Source: Timberbiz The Nat

Two scholarships for women in the Tasmanian forests or forest products industry to undertake the AICD Foundations of Directorship online course have been made available with support from the Department of Communities. Source: Timberbiz The AICD program provides foundational knowledge

The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards night set down for 11 March has been postponed again due to Covid. Source: Timberbiz Initially planned for 29 October last year, the event was postponed then because of the pandemic. The 2020 event was cancelled for the same reasons. The commi