Last week the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) coordinated drop-in sessions for members, forest contracting businesses and their crews to get much needed information on the latest updates to the Victorian Forestry Plan and the increased role of the regulator in relatio

Today, Global Recycling Day, is an opportunity to recognise the great work Australia’s sustainable pulp and paper industries do recycling renewable paper and packaging products over and over again, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Vi

Forest & Wood Products Australia is developing a single, centralised database for private forestry information through a national project to collect and collate information about commercial farm plantations, private native forests and Indigenous managed forests around Australia. S

In the face of more extreme events, Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has unveiled its new world-class bushfire research facility to better understand how bushfires behave, what conditions make them worse, and the best ways to respond. Source:  Timberbiz Constructed at a cos

The article published in the Age and Sydney Morning Herald on 15 March once again highlights how activist networking paints native forest harvesting as THE threat to the sustainability of NSW native forests. Like many reports advocating for the closure of the native forest industry, t

The policy of the South Australian Labour Party of ensuring a sustainable forest industry released by opposition leader Peter Malinauskas is seen as a breath of fresh air to the South Australian Timber Processors Association. Our organisation was formed in August 2017 with the express

Australians, in general, have always been happy – more or less – to be involved in a fair and equal fight. But it needs to be fair. Having one, or both, hands tied behind the back is simply not fair. What makes it even more unpalatable is when that handicap has the appearance of being

Amsterdam has confirmed plans to build an entire neighbourhood out of wood, a renewable material that the region hopes will be key in reducing building emissions. Source: Bloomberg The new quarter, dubbed the first such neighbourhood in a Dutch city in several centuries, reflects a br