Cobark Lookout at Barrington Tops State Forest in New South Wales has had a makeover, offering visitors architect-designed facilities and a world class view. The lookout is the first stop for visitors on their way across the Barrington Tops from Gloucester, so was a great candidate fo

Monitoring by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) has confirmed the predicted mega mast or heavy seeding in New Zealand’s forests this autumn. Results from extensive seed sampling across the country in February and March point to the biggest beech mast for more than 40 ye

FSC International has developed a new guide to assist promotional trademark license holders on how to use the FSC trademarks to promote FSC certified products and related services. The guide aims to provide straightforward, simple advice and is effective from 1 June 2019, and can be u

The next workshop organised by the IFA Forest Valuation Standard subcommittee has an agenda that includes a wide range of topics such as Green Bonds, Natural Capital Accounting, Carbon Sequestration, Native Forests, as well as latest information and thinking on forest valuations. Sour

Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) will assist private forest growers affected by the 2019 wildfires by providing a rebate for the private forest service levy (the levy), where the levy has been paid following timber harvesting operations in 2019 fire impacted forest areas. Source: Timber

The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) stated that Latrobe City and Wellington Shire councils have joined two other councils to put pressure on the State Government regarding the future of the Victorian native timber industry. East Gippsland Shire Council wrote to the A

“Despite reports in ‘The Guardian’, the beekeeping industry wishes to work collaboratively with the forestry industry and state governments to ensure access to resources in state forests,” he said in a statement. “ALL values and uses of the forests need to be recognised throughout Aus

Although wooden-frame bikes may not be a common sight out on the street, they’re plentiful at events such as the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. So, what makes one stand out there? Well, it helps if it’s made in a non-traditional manner – which is the case with Norma

Arizona’s largest electricity utility plans to test whether a coal-fired plant can instead be fueled by wood chips from pine trees, a conversion that could keep part of the plant open and save jobs of some its workers. Forest thinning that would produce the biomass for Arizona Public