Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) members are being provided with a COVID-19 Recommended Guidelines and Procedures document which is being updated as new information becomes available.  Source: Timberbiz The website also has a list of resources that are also updated as

Women and Leadership International is offering scholarships of up to $5000 for current and aspiring female leaders with scholarships of $2000 to $5000 available to women working in the forestry and resources sector to help support their participation in a range of career building lead

Indigenous fire management practices handed down from generation to generation could be the answer to reducing Australia’s catastrophic bushfires, a Darwin fire forum has been told. Source: SBS News Devastating bushfires in the southern states destroyed millions of hectares of l

Organisers of ForestTECH 2020 which was scheduled to run in November are watching as Covid-19 developments progress before making a call on the event. However, WoodTECH 2020, scheduled to run in Rotorua on 19-20 August 2020 and then again in Melbourne on 25-26 August 2020 has been pos

Forest industry organisations in New Zealand are planning how to get back to work when restrictions on non-essential work are lifted for the industry. Organisations, representing forest growers, transport, processing and contractors have set up a working group to develop risk assessme

People illegally cutting down protected redgum and stringybark trees from Green Triangle plantations are being warned the ‘forest is watching’. Police and forest landowners have joined forces to target reckless wood thieves who are fearlessly entering privately owned forestry estates

The first draft of FSC Conversion Remedy Procedure (FSC-PRO-01-007 V1-0 D1-0) is available for a public consultation from 1 April to 31 May 2020 and can be accessed on the international FSC website. Source: Timberbiz Subsequent to the recent consultation on the second draft of the Pol

Sumitomo Forestry has joined the international initiative RE100, led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, which aims to have companies utilize 100% renewable energy for electricity used in their operations. Source: Timberbiz Sumitomo Forestry aims for 100% renewable energy by

On 27 February 2020, Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade (MoT) issued Regulation No 15/2020 on the export of forestry products. Subsequently, on 13 March 2020, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs issued a press release about a Non-Fiscal stimulus package intended to address