A petition has been lodged with the Victorian Parliament to amend the Victorian Forestry Plan to provide for ecologically sustainable production of hardwood timber in state forests with a focus on high value products and attaining FSC certification for all VicForests timber harvesting

The Australia and New Zealand cross-laminated timber (CLT) market is expected to reach a volume of 814,537 cubic metres by 2026 according to a new report by imarc. Keeping in mind the uncertainties of COVID-19, there is continuous tracking and evaluation of the direct as well as the i

Australia has facilitated international forest leadership, collaborating with the USA and NZ to deliver the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Experts Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade’s (EGILAT) two-year policy theme, to advance the trade and distribution of legally

The union representing timber workers, CFMEU Manufacturing, welcomes the announcement from the Victorian Government to significantly improve the workers’ assistance component of the Government’s Victorian Forestry Plan. Source: Timberbiz However, the union has warned that it remains o

A new report commissioned by Timber Towns Victoria shows the significant domestic value add of the native (mixed species) timber industry to Victoria. Source: Timberbiz “This report shows the native timber industry contributes $1.4b annually to Victoria and underpins the economic viab

The Victorian government’s announcement late last year that it would commit $2.38 million to establish “best practice procedures” for management of regenerated timber-harvesting coupes is welcome but misses the most important regeneration issue facing our forests – extensive forest lo

Next thing the Minister will have protestors on the steps of parliament because we are importing (timber) from countries with far less oversight and killing orang-utans – Nationals Gippsland East MP Tim Bull. It’s about time someone put it as bluntly as that. He went on: “What I would

Centuries-old forests dotting the landscape in British Columbia, Canada’s western most province, have become a battleground for two schools of thought about curbing climate change: one that wants to use their biomass for green power, and another anxious to protect carbon-absorbing tre