Tiny, dense forests are springing up around Europe as part of a movement aimed at restoring biodiversity and fighting the climate crisis. Often sited in schoolyards or alongside roads, the forests can be as small as a tennis court. They are based on the work of the Japanese botanist A

Farman Turkington Forestry Ltd, AM Forest Harvesting Ltd and the company directors (Guy Farman, Michael Johnstone and Anthony Johnstone) have been convicted and fined for damaging a tributary of the Taueru River and discharging sediment during a forestry harvesting operation on the Cl

All Australian retailers should choose to follow Woolworths’ lead and reintroduce paper bags and packaging, the renewable and environmentally friendly solution, and help kickstart the Australian economy as the nation reopens in the wake on the CoVid-19 pandemic. Source: Timberbiz From

According to Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) there is a global shortage of timber, and farmers are the key to delivering the commercially viable resource of the future. In fact, the global demand for timber is expected to quadruple by 2050 (The World Bank, 2016). Source: Timberbiz With

Timberlink has backed the Australian Forest Products Association’s campaign to help sustain and support the Aussie timber industry through the CoViD-19 economic downturn. Timberlink CEO Ian Tyson said that in “normal economic times” Australia produced around 80% of the softwood timber

The Australian Forest Products Association wants the Federal Government to commit $50 million in funding to help turbocharge the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s ‘Bioenergy Roadmap’. Source: Timberbiz The Roadmap will support Australia’s movement towards a renewable biofuture, cre

The Government is backing the forest and wood-processing industry to play a major role in New Zealand’s economic recovery, with the launch of the Invest in New Zealand Wood Processing prospectus to encourage wider local and offshore investment. Source: Timberbiz “The Government is con

Victorian Federal Coalition MPs are seeking a meeting this week with the Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, urging her to override a Federal Court decision that threatens the future of the native forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz – Philip Hopkins Gippsland MP Darren Chester, who has

There were relatively few price changes for sawlogs throughout the world in the 1Q/20 despite interruptions in trade and uncertainty in short-term lumber demand in many of the key markets. Sources: Timberbiz, World Resources International The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) remained