Australian Architect members of the global organisation Architects Declare are having their say on the National Construction Code updates to make sure every new home – without costing more – will raise the required standards of sustainability. Source: Timberbiz Architects Declare, in

The scale of the decline in Tasmanian plantation area while timber supply shortages persist, remains an important focus for the ongoing work program of Tasmania’s private forests group. Source: Timberbiz Private Forests Tasmania chairman Evan Rolley, in PFT’s annual report tabled in S

The Australian Forest Products Association NSW wants the timber plantation regions of Oberon/Bathurst and Eden/Bombala included in the Emissions Reduction Fund. Source: Timberbiz Southern Tasmania, Gippsland, the Victorian side of the Green Triangle and Kangaroo Island were added to t

More than seven million m3 of timber and panel products were imported by the UK between January and July 2021, according to the latest Timber Trade Federation (TTF) Market Statement. Source: Timberbiz This is nearly two million m3 above the same period in 2020, and half a million m3 a

Abigail Ridge, an intern at the North Carolina Forestry Association (NCFA) recently developed a creative way to answer the question about whether clearcutting is bad for wildlife. Source: Timberbiz Ms Ridge did this through a piece of engaging and informative artwork. Working with art

Global forest and timber industries are calling on politicians and policy makers in a new manifesto to urgently support the scaling up of wood use. The manifesto, ‘Growing our low-carbon future: Time for Timber’, sets out the case for how the world can make greater use of sustainable

The Timber Framing Collective has launched its first communications campaign – Supply and Demand, which seeks to shift the narrative to a demand challenge rather than a supply issue. Source: Timberbiz The campaign is designed to help any stakeholder within the supply chain understand

Eden-Monaro MP Kristy McBain has called upon Prime Minister Scott Morrison to do more about the timber shortage and supply. Source: Tumut & Adelong Times Speaking in Federal Parliament she mentioned the devastating effect the shortage would have on the likes of Tumut and Tumbarumb