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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Bill to harvest dead trees on conservation land

New Zealand Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones will encourage his New Zealand First caucus colleagues to support a proposed local bill that would allow the harvesting of fallen timber on West Coast conservation land. Source: New Zealand Herald West Coast MP and Labour
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Aussie designers rise to the challenge

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and eight of Australia’s most highly regarded designers collaborated to reimagine their works in American tulipwood. Source: Timberbiz Anne-Claire Petre, Adam Goodrum, Adam Markowitz, Coco Reynolds, Dowel Jones, Jon Goulder, Ross Gardam and
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. 698,099 m3 – Imports of Dressed Sawn Softwood (most of which
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NZ government doubles funding for tree planting

The New Zealand government is doubling to nearly NZ$500 million the funding for forestry planting from its Provincial Growth Fund, meaning one-sixth of the $3 billion, three-year fund will be spent on trees. Source: Scoop Media Regional Development Minister Shane Jones announced the b
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Nominations for Richard Stanton Memorial Award

  Responsible Wood is calling for nominations in this year’s coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence in Forest Management. Source: Timberbiz This is the fourth year of the award which pays tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management. Richa
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QUT program tackles production challenges in manufactured timber

A new pilot program has been launched by Weathertex and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to understand the chemical changes that take place during the production of external timber cladding. Sources: FWPA, Timberbiz A collaboration between industry and academia, the intended
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Wood on a knife edge

Canadian design house Maison Milan has produced a multi-functional wooden kitchen knife. The implement consists of a solid walnut blade attached to a stumpy cast-iron handle that enables it to stand upright without any support. Sources: FWPA, Maison Milan, Timberbiz Conceived by Maiso
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Peatlands management in Indonesia

Found in more than 80 countries and covering only 3% of the world’s land but storing 30- 40% of soil carbons, tropical peatlands have the potential to play a large role in the future of climate change. Source: Timberbiz The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) with the s
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Market statistics on dashboard for the EU

The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has launched a dashboard that provides access to statistical data on imports into the European Union (EU). Source: Timberbiz These are imports of timber, paper and pulp from the 15 countries eith
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