Wood suppliers are warning the lack of product has hit statewide and will delay thousands of building projects in the coming months as the crisis worsens. Source: The Herald Sun Fresh fruit, food, beer and other household goods will also be hit because of added costs for timber crates

 VicForests is seeking input from local community members on the proposed updates to its Timber Release Plan (TRP), relating to timber harvesting operations. Source: Timberbiz The TRP is part of an ongoing planning process that begins once an area of State forest is identified as suit

Following on from the success of last year’s Christmas tree give away, OneFortyOne Plantations is once again looking to gift Christmas trees from its regional forests to the people in the Limestone Coast this Christmas. Source: Timberbiz “We were overwhelmed by the community support o

A low intensity timber harvesting operation will commence in the Strathbogies State forest in January 2018. Source: Timberbiz VicForests’ General Manager Stakeholders and Planning, Lachlan Spencer, said the operation will use the single-tree selection harvesting method. “Single-tree s

New Zealand Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor has announced a ministry reshuffle. Stand-alone “entities” for fisheries, forestry, biosecurity and food safety have been created in a portfolio reshuffle that will have them sitting within the Ministry for Primary

The National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life was created to ensure Australian design guides and standards remain world class in light of climate change, new engineered timbers and changes in building design. Source: Timberbiz Its researchers have also been tasked with dev

New and improved units of competency were developed within the FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package to support the skills needs in forest harvesting optimisation processes and technologies. Source: Timberbiz These units have been approved by the Australian Industry and Skills

External relations manager for HVP Plantations Lou Coutts has won the 2017 Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence in Forest Management. Source: Responsible Wood. Source: Timberbiz The award and trophy, presented in Hobart during the annual general meeting of Australian Forestry

The forest industry’s economic contribution to the “Green Triangle” plantation region of south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia is significant – it directly generated $1.2 billion in sales last financial year and a total of $1.9 billion when flow-on effects in other indust