Forestry crews working on Pamu Northland blocks  discovered 23 kiwi in just over a year and earnest efforts are being made by the crews to protect the national icon. Source: New Zealand Herald Forrester Logging Ltd has been contracted by PF Olsen and is working on Kapiro Station, nort

The WA Government with the Forest Products Commission (WA) have released a tender for sandalwood harvesting services. Source: Timberbiz The tender is for the harvesting of wild sandalwood resources. The total amount available to be harvested under this request process will be approxim

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. 746 million m3 – Australia’s apparent consumption of sawn so

Melbourne will get its first timber commercial office building with a wood engineered structure and with an end value of $56 million. Source: Sydney Morning Herald It will join Australia’s first multi-storey timber apartment tower and a landmark wooden public library in the Docklands

A new online platform called AREMI identifies the location, availability and volume of biomass, and has been flagged as a pivotal tool to boost investment in Australia’s renewable energy sector. Source: Timberbiz Businesses and investors now have access to a data-rich platform which m

The UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has published its latest quarterly briefing note on the implementation of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR). Source: FLEFT The briefing note covers April to May 2018. It summarises recent EUTR enforcement ac

The world’s forests are a leading indicator of the planet’s health. They absorb some of the carbon that we emit and protect us from the growing damage of climate change. And they create microclimates around them—cooling their nearby regions and making the local climate more stable. So

The Norwegian government has announced a pledge of 145m kroner (£12m) to help fight forest crime such as illegal tree clearances. The money will be shared by Interpol, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Rhipto‑Norwegian Centre for Global Analyses, which collects data on illegal

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed progress towards a national ban on single-use plastic products, including plastic bags. However, a national approach by the State and Federal Governments to encourage sustainable wood fibre replacement products is needed.