A Sydney-based detector dog from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry kennel was named one of the country’s top service animals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Source: Timberbiz Six-year-old black Labrador Retriever Vespa was honoured with The Australasian Animal Reg

Community projects in Auckland are experimenting with adding carbon to their soils, thanks to an initiative supported by Soil Pro and the Mazda Foundation. Source: Timberbiz Made by upcycling surplus forestry slash, the project was initiated by The Good Carbon Farm to produce carbonis

A new chapter has started for Forestry Corporation in Bathurst with the transformation of its 60-year-old building into a modern office space. Source: Timberbiz The original Forestry building, established by the former Forestry Commission in Panorama Avenue in 1963, has been rebuilt a

Investment manager Cedar Pacific has joined forces with Japanese timber, housing and building materials giant Sumitomo Forestry on plans to develop a $1.2 billion portfolio of build-to-rent apartments, where much of the focus will be on sustainability. Source: The Australian Financial

The Albanese Government has introduced amendments in Parliament to strengthen laws stopping illegally logged timber from entering the Australian market. Source: Timberbiz Greater investment in timber testing technology, increased enforcement, expanded monitoring and investigation powe

History is a great predictor of the future, and the log market is no different. March export prices have been released and it feels as though we’re trying to climb a barbed wire fence, but the problem is we’re currently stuck with one leg on either side, our crotch is snagged on a bar

The expansion of one of the Clarence Valley’s largest timber factories, Big River Group, is a huge boost to the local economy and sets the bar high in supplying the sustainable manufacturing of high-quality specialist technical timber products across New South Wales. Source: Timberbiz

In response to growing global concern about deforestation and its impact on the planet, the European Union has enacted the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to prevent deforestation in global supply chains, set to come into force on the 1 January 2025. Source: Timberbiz The regulation w

Tigercat has added a fifth model to its harvesting head line-up with the new three-wheel drive 573. Source: Timberbiz In late September 2023, visitors to the PLC live demo event held in the US got a sneak peak of the new Tigercat 573 harvesting head processing logs on the end of a Tig