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

The Wood Processors and Manufacturers’ Association (WPMA) in New Zealand knows that standardised, good quality information helps the wider construction sector confidently design with and approve timber structures using the many new engineered timber solutions available today. It will

The forest industry in Tasmania has written to the Tasmanian Minister for Resources Guy Barnett urging the Government to include Tasmania’s forest products industries as an essential service, should further restrictions on what businesses can operate be required to contain the spread

As the COVID-19 pandemic crisis continues and deepens globally, shipping and freight continue to be the life blood for many nations. Beyond mere economics and trade, it is shipping and freight that delivers food and medical supplies to much of the world, every month. Source: IndustryE

The Tasmanian Forest Safety Code provides practical guidance on how to manage risks in the Tasmanian forestry industry.  The Code, last reviewed in October 2007, is an approved code of practice under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012. Now funding has been sourced to review it. Sourc

OneFortyOne’s annual report card has shown the entire operation is carbon negative from its tree seedling through to the final wood product, a scenario common for much of the forestry sector. Source: Timberbiz Last year the company calculated its carbon footprint to understand how muc

Twelve weeks since the devastating bushfires, Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has made substantial progress on its business recovery and last week the company reached a milestone when it lifted the voluntary suspension on trading of its shares. Source: Timberbiz “We have kept the i

NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons is stepping down as head of the volunteer organisation to take on a new government role. Source: Timberbiz Mr Fitzsimmons was RFS Commissioner for 12 years and his decision to leave comes after overseeing an unprecedented 2019-2020

FPInnovations announced that a new federal mandate is expected to come into effect next year making electronic logging devices (ELDs) mandatory for Canadian federally regulated motor carriers and their drivers. With few exceptions, anyone who currently uses paper logs to keep track of