WA’S forest industries have welcomed a commitment by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, COP26. Forest Industries Federation WA (FIFWA) Chief Executive Officer Adele Farina said the Deforestation Pledge was further reinforcement

The decision made by Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) to discontinue supply of structural timber to some merchants comes as no surprise says the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation (NZTIF). In recent months all New Zealand sawmills have been under pressure to supply a booming domestic timb

Detached building approvals continue to suggest there is still strong demand for housing six months after the HomeBuilder stimulus ended in March. Source: Timberbiz “Detached building approvals in the three months to September 2021 remain up by 15.5% on the same quarter in 2020 and 32

Around $2 million is available to fund further research projects supporting forest industries in the Gippsland region. The Gippsland National Institute for Forest Products Innovation centre is calling for applications for the research projects. Source: Timberbiz The $2 million will be

Claims by the Bob Brown Foundation that a commitment from world leaders on halting deforestation by 2030 promises an end to native forest logging globally and in Australia by 2030 have been labelled both misleading and damaging to real climate action. Source: Timberbiz The Prime Minis

My family is fourth generation timber industry and I first started in the industry 50 years ago. I have a long connection with CMFEU, first joining the union when I was 16 years old. At McConachy`s Road, Three Bridges, our family had a sawmill and plaster factory in the 1940s.  The ti

Give Bob Brown an inch and he’ll take a heck of a lot more than just a mile. Take this week’s quite valid pledge out of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use signed by more than 100 world leaders including our own prime minister Scott Morrison to halt deforestation

A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet’s forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and with that deal came a long list of commitments from public and private sector actors to combat climate change, curb biodiversity destruction and