ForestWorks is seeking forest and wood products industry participant views on the challenges and opportunities in relation to training and skills development for jobs, organisations and industry overall. Source: Timberbiz The Industry Reference Committees for Forest and Wood Products,

The global spread of COVID-19 is making the short-term outlook for Australia’s agricultural sectors increasingly uncertain according to the ABARES Impacts of COVID-19 on Australian agriculture, forestry and fisheries trade report. Source: Timberbiz ABARES Actng Executive Director, Pet

There is enormous potential to expand bioenergy in Tasmania which would support Tasmania in many ways. Bioenergy is already the largest source of renewable energy in Australia and the world. In Australia more than half the renewable energy comes from bioenergy, more than hydro, solar

The timber industry in its various forms is justifiably nervous about the impact of the COVID-19 virus. The virus has been described as a wrecking ball for the house construction industry, with the impact hitting the timber manufacturing sector. Source: Bruce Mitchell Manufacturers of

The addition of Ponsse Parts Online to Ponsse Manager makes the daily activities of forest machine operators easier. Customers can order spare parts, browse spare parts manuals and instruction manuals, and monitor machine-specific notes with one single user ID. Source: Timberbiz Spare

The European Commission has approved a €50 million Italian scheme to support the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework adopted by the Co

In contrast to the sharp plummets of recent weeks, most North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices either remained steady or dropped by smaller increments last week as distributors had decent demand from end-users. Sources: Lesprom, Madison Lumber Reporter Su

Some of the Green Triangle’s largest timber mills are undertaking mock COVID-19 scenarios to mentally prepare its workforce for a potential corona virus case. AKD operations, including both Colac and Heywood (Portland Pine Products) have undertaken extensive desktop exercises and full

The Forest Owners Association of New Zealand says its members and the supply chain are gearing up to meet the challenge of getting back to work on Tuesday 28 April, working within the health and safety provisions of Alert Level-3. The forest industry was deemed to be a non-essential i