An agreement to create an industry advisory service for building designers will promote and facilitate greater use of timber in New Zealand buildings, says Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service deputy director general Jason Wilson. Source: Timberbiz “This advisory service, called

Opportunities in the forestry industry were highlighted at a North East Victorian stakeholder’s forum in Wangaratta. The forum, convened by HVP’s General Manager Northern Region, Anne Partridge, was held to introduce stakeholders in the region to the Murray Region Forestry Hub (MRFH)

Robotic technology has been trialed on a Western Australian construction site in a world-first project at Murdoch University, in conjunction with major partners Aurecon and the University of Technology Sydney. Source: Timberbiz The robots have been uniquely designed by UTS researchers

The Tasmanian Liberal Government has introduced legislation to protect the rights of workers, and to deter unlawful interference with workplaces. The government signalled in August that it would re-introduce its anti-protest legislation which failed to pass in the Upper House in March

Studies of Black Summer by both pro-logging and anti-logging academics did not test the effects of logging on the extent and severity of the fires, as claimed. There is no direct relationship between logging history and fire behaviour. Logging can affect the arrangement and quantity o

Anyone in the housing industry looking for some relief from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 0.25% increase in the cash rate was sadly disappointed. The idea that just maybe an increase in home loan interest rates may take some of the heat out of the housing market by slowing loan appl

A scientific report “Fossil carbon emission substitution and carbon storage effects of wood-based products” has been published by The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the German Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg (IFEU). The report focuses on carbon storage i

The global woodchip and biomass trade conference will be held on Singapore in 26-28 October 2022, announced DANA NZ and GINGKO Consulting the event organisers. Source: Timberbiz This is the 10th Woodchip and Biomass Trade Conference organised by Dennis Neilson (DANA NZ) since 2005, an