Photographs from the Russian federation, Belarus, and Spain have won the International Day of Forests 2021 photo contest, which celebrated the ways in which trees contribute to people’s well-being across the world. Source: Timberbiz More than 700 photos of trees that support me

A new research paper from the US examines the strength of wood adhesive bonds at high temperatures. The goal of the research is to better understand the conditions of heat delamination in cross laminated timber (CLT) that is exposed to fire. Source: Timberbiz Heat delamination in CLT

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has entered into a new partnership with the Healthy Heads Trucks & Sheds Foundation to improve psychological safety and physical health across the heavy vehicle and logistics industries. Source: Timberbiz NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto said the partn

Six experimental burns carried out by Scion’s Rural Fire Research team have resulted in never-before-seen insights into fire behaviour. Source: Scion The burns are part of a series of experiments in differing vegetation types, designed to test a new theory of fire spread based on conv

Michael Darveniza, a process engineer at Visy in Tumut, has been nominated for the global Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award. The awards are held every two years and recognise excellence in forest industry research from around the world. Source: Timberbiz Entries are judged b

The Gippsland Centre of the National Institute for Forestry Products Innovation (NIFPI) has up to $3.8 million available for research grants and is now calling for proposals. Individual research grants from $50,000 to $500,000 are available for projects including the development of ne

Timber industry advocacy groups want the Federal and State governments to work together in National Cabinet to implement policy alignment measures to deliver the best long-term outcomes for Australia’s economic recovery and housing boom. Source: Timberbiz The Frames and Truss Manufact

Tasmania’s Liberal Government and Labor Opposition are in agreement about tackling dangerous workplace invasions by groups such as the Bob Brown Foundation which is targeting Tasmania’s timber industry. However, they are in disagreement over how to achieve it. Source: Timberbiz The Go

Visitors to Timber Queensland’s head office used to be puzzled: there was no timber in sight. That paradox has now vanished, as TQ’s chief Mick Stephens noted at the opening of the new headquarters last Thursday, which was attended by more than 50 people. Source: Philip Hopkins for Ti