During September, environmental and human rights defenders from Africa and Asia went to the EU to sound the alarm over accelerating forest loss in the Congo Basin, West Africa and the Lower Mekong regions. Their message was clear, the EU must play a key role in finding global solution

Wespine staff and their families planted 1.5 hectares of Wespine’s new plantation, Maranup 3 in Western Australia. Forester Trevor Radford said that the day was a great opportunity for Wespine sawmill staff and their families to get their hands dirty and experience the other side of t

There are many and varied career choices in the timber industry and as OneFortyOne’s Sam Von Duve, a mechanical apprentice says, the industry offers real career pathways. Mr Von Duve is currently completing his apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, working at the mill whilst compl

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) and Australian Forest Growers (AFG) will be held on 25 October in Melbourne. There will be an election of directors at the meeting. The IFA and AFG merged in early 2019 and the merged identity is called

The South Australian State Government has made a commitment to keep Kangaroo Island free of the Giant Pine Scale (GPS) pest which is well-established in Victoria and may make its way through the Green Triangle. Source: Timberbiz KIPT managing director Keith Lamb said the commitment by

Applications are open for the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries Postgraduate Science Scholarships for PhD and Masters students undertaking primary sector research. Source: Timberbiz MPI Chief Science Adviser, Dr John Roche says the scholarships are an investment in New Zeala

Gippsland Plantation Harvesting company Mountain Logging has won the 2019 HVP Plantations Chairman’s Safety Award. Mountain Logging provides harvest services in the Gippsland Region, and received the honour in recognition of its outstanding contributions to safety management on steep

Nippon Paper Industries (Nippon Paper) has announced an agreement with Orora Limited to acquire its Australia and New Zealand fibre packaging division. The contract was signed following the Nippon Paper board of directors meeting held in Tokyo, Japan. The purchase will be subject to f

A brand new, purpose-built plantation hardwood CLT plant will be constructed in Tasmania’s north-west industrial centre of Wynyard, due to be completed before the end of the year. Stirling Machinery was selected by CLTP Tasmania to supply state-of-the-art machines for stage 1 of the p