In March 2017, South Korea revised the Act on the Sustainable Use of Timbers, a milestone in its efforts to promote legal timber trade. The EU FLEGT Facility has published a brief that describes similarities and differences between the revised Act and the European Union Timber Regulat

Last week the completed full scale, multi storey timber construction model at Holmesglen Institute Victoria was launched by the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Richard Colbeck. Hyne Timber’s Business Development Manager for commercial projects, Rob Mans

Responsible Wood’s Simon Dorries travelled to the land of the long white cloud to discuss forest certification at a meeting with the New Zealand Forest Certification Association (NZFCA), the National Governing Body for PEFC in New Zealand. Mr Dorries spoke about the benefits of a join

Those with “skin in the game” say the Wairarapa forestry industry in New Zealand can continue to grow, but only if rail infrastructure expands with it and employment training is better supported by the Government. More than five years since the Wairarapa-based logging and trucking com

There has been a significant uptake of drones or ‘Unmanned Ariel Vehicles’ (UAVs) in forest management, according to a leading industry researcher interviewed during the latest episode of WoodChat, Forest and Wood Products Australia’s (FWPA) podcast series. The episode focuses on the

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Gough Cat New Zealand has announced an agreement with United States company Weiler to distribute its forestry product line in New Zealand. The products complement the Caterpillar forest machines that the company will continue to offer according to Gough Cat Executive General Manager C

About 400 tonnes of logs and a selection of sawn timber are up for auction on Saturday 24 November in Western Australia. The auction, for timber from the South West and Goldfields regions, will take place at the WA Forest Products Commission Harvey Mill. It will kick off at 10am. The

LineoTM by Stora Enso, a lignin-based product launched by the company earlier this year, has been awarded ‘Innovative Product Award 2018’ by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). Source: Timberbiz Shortlisted alongside products from a range of companies including Dow and Joh