A new Private Forests Tasmania website under a new outward-facing brand, Tree Alliance, was launched yesterday ahead of the official brand launch today. The new website, www.treealliance.com.au, replaces the old PFT website. Source: Timberbiz The new brand was launched at a small gath
An eager eyed robotic camera with the ability to undertake a 360-degree scan of the landscape is anticipated to enhance fire management across the Green Triangle this summer. Source: Timberbiz A sophisticated FireHawk camera has been installed on the Bluff communication tower at Tanta
The Federal and State governments must act urgently to provide certainty for Australia’s hardwood timber industries and stop the lawfare being waged by activist groups, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz AFPA CEO Ross Hampton said reports that V
The Victorian Auditor General’s long-awaited report into Reducing Bushfire Risk released this week, reveals the Andrews Labor Government has over the past four years not even reached half (43%) of its arguably already low fuel reduction burn target. Source: Timberbiz Gippsland East Na
Parsing some of the data and language associated with the global wood pellet trade can be a daunting task. While poking around for current wood pellet industry data recently, I found some interesting information on the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) website called the “M
On 23 September we published an article regarding the Forest Stewardship Council of Australia (FSC). The article suggested that the FSC had refused to certify native forest operations. We accept the allegation as published by us is incorrect and that native forest operations have been
Someone needs to tell the Victorian State Government how long it takes trees to grow. In fact, someone needs to really tell the Victorian State Government about trees in general. Because as has been mentioned before, it isn’t listening. Source: Bruce Mitchell The Victorian Government
AdvisorSmith studied the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Studying professions with a minimum employment of 50,000 workers to find the 25 most dangerous jobs among 263 total professions
Forests and tree landscapes should be at the heart of building back better after the COVID-19 pandemic for a more resilient and sustainable future, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) said. Source: Timberbiz In a joint statement released at the margins of FAO’s C
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