Earlier in October the European Parliament, gathered in Plenary session, adopted the report “The European Forest Strategy – The way forward”, led by the Rapporteur Petri Sarvamaa (Finland, EPP Group), which stresses the need for a balanced, independent and self-standing EU Forest Stra

Tasmania’s forestry contractors can now apply for funding to improve their business practices under the $500 000 Forestry Contractor Resilience Program, which is being delivered through Rural Business Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz Under the program, Tasmanian forestry harvest and haulag

Midway Limited is a wood processing and export business in Geelong, Victoria. The company is committed to protecting high conservation values through responsible forest management and so its resource and wood supply chain is certified to AFS standards (AS4707 and AS4708) and FSC® stan

AKD is answering the call to support Australian job creation by announcing more than 20 new apprenticeship positions and new graduate positions in 2021. Source: Timberbiz AKD has always placed the development of its people as a high priority and this year the company felt it was even

The Consultation Draft of the revised Forest Safety Code (Tasmania) will be reviewed by the project steering committee next week before the next consultation phase. As part of the next phase of consultation 3 industry workshops are planned. Source: Timberbiz The Industry Workshops for

A final document has been prepared by John O’Donnell, titled “Potential opportunities and strategies for improved bushfire pine and hardwood plantation protection and management across Australia“, September 2020, following comments received on the document after an e

Bureaucracy needs to develop a greater sense of urgency to distribute a $68.8 million economic recovery program for bushfire hit parts of Victoria, including East Gippsland. Source: Timberbiz The Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said it had taken too long for Bushfire Recov

The Auditor-General has cast doubts on the Victorian Government’s ‘Safer Together’ bushfire policy, citing insufficient information to judge its effectiveness, while the amount of prescribed burns is well below target. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The Auditor-Generals’ ‘Reduci

Sometime in 15th century Japan, a horticulture technique called daisugi was developed in Kyoto. Written as 台杉 and literally meaning platform cedar, the technique resulted in a tree that resembled an open palm with multiple trees growing out if it, perfectly vertical. Sources: Spoon &a