Imports of sawn softwood continued within the expected range in April 2020, with shipments totalling 37,203 m3 for the month. That was 16% higher than the prior month, but 500 m3 below the average of the last year. Source: Tim Woods IndustryEdge However, the average export price plung

The New Zealand Government is failing to acknowledge the valid concerns raised about its rushed and unpractical forestry regulation bill, which has led to the industry sending the Prime Minister an open letter pleading for the bill to be delayed, National’s Forestry spokesperson Hamis

As Tasmania’s forestry industry is set to play a vital role in rebuilding the State’s economy, the Northern Tasmania Forestry Hub has appointed industry experts to undertake a strategic assessment of the key factors impacting the forestry sector in order to identify opportunities for

The Mountain Ash forest ecosystem in the Central Highlands of Victoria is listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems and is categorised as critically endangered. This listing is based on an ecological assessment conducted in 2014.

Europe’s huge forestry sector is underpinned by making most of its forests available to industry and much less forest is locked up in conservation areas compared with Australia, the latest forestry reports show. Europe, regarded as the home of sustainable forestry, has 215 million hec

The Federal Court recently ruled that a timber harvesting company couldn’t log the potential habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. This decision led to the immediate protection of more Leadbeater’s possum habitats and will lead to further habitats set aside over th

There is no escaping some issues, they resurface over and over but despite very learned reports, researched and written by very learned men and women knee jerk reactions remain – of course I am talking about our Leadbeater’s possum. Clearly cute but clearly not as endangered as we are

A new version of Ponsse Manager improves reporting of machine chain productivity – Ponsse Manager 1.7 presents forwarder production reporting, a function highly requested by customers, alongside the system’s other features. Source: Timberbiz As a new feature, Ponsse Manager displays t

A drone and a multispectral camera were used to detect insect damage in Finnish forests. The image interpretation application was able to identify trees where spruce bark beetles nestled. Source: Timberbiz The new forest health data can be used to plan forest management and timely sil