The forestry sector continues to provide career opportunities for New Zealanders, with Te Uru Rākau delivering $1.5 million into training and employment projects to help the sector meet labour and skills gaps. Source: Timberbiz Acting Deputy Director General Henry Weston says the Fore
A new film on the sustainable cycle of native forestry has been released, providing insight into an often-misunderstood industry. The film was commissioned by the Forest Industries Federation of WA (FIFWA) and aims to promote native forestry and its importance to WA. Source: Timberbiz
Nearly $1.2 million in grants have been awarded for research into eucalypt dieback which is one of New South Wales’ most damaging ecological issues. Source: Timberbiz “If you’ve noticed pale-grey tree skeletons in the landscape – such as those along Kosciuszko Road on the Monaro
The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers has told the Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria that only active and adaptive land management supported by collective community action can address ecosystem decline directly and effectively. Source: Timberbi
The forest products industry has never been too far from the headlines during the Covid-19 pandemic. Whether it be the pulp and paper sector, top-of-mind during the run-on toilet paper, or more recently the surge in demand for sawn wood and panels for housing we are amid a shortage in
Given the angst over the New South Wales SEPP plan and its impact on koalas and forestry and farming, the news this week that both sectors will be exempt must have come with a huge sigh of relief. Source: Bruce Mitchell Now land zoned for forestry or primary production in regional NSW
Segezha Group President Mikhail Shamolin visited Sokol in Vologda Oblast to oversee the grand opening of Segezha Group’s cross-laminated timber (CLT) plant. The plant is the first industrial-scale production facility to manufacture the innovative building construction material. Source
Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny. Felled in the Loire region’s Forest of Berce, they have been selected to reconstruct Notre Dame cathedral’s fallen spire. Source: Sydney Morning Herald The 93-metre-high sp
A recent article published in the Wall Street Journal was a great example of how Forest Landowners Association US (FLA) is working to ensure the right narrative is being told about forest landowners managing their land for the nation’s domestic timber supply and their need to be econo
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