In the mid-1990s, 1000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park. Today, that area is covered in lush, vine-laden forest. Source: Timberbiz A team led by Princeton University researchers surveyed the land

A ministerial visit to the region has seen 15,000 tonnes of timber from the Murray Valley National Park allocated to the commercial timber harvesting industry, a move advocates are calling a ‘‘step in the right direction’’. Source: The Shepparton News NSW Deputy Premier and Minister f

New Zealand structural log prices hit a new record as local mills compete with the export market to secure supply to meet the demand from the busy domestic construction market. The price for structural S1 logs lifted to NZ$127 a tonne this month, from NZ $124 a tonne last month, and N

It has been two years since a project to recover once lost timber from Lake Pieman began. The Hydrowood project continues to gain momentum on a national scale. Source: The Examiner Karina Clarke runs her hand over the core of a celery top pine trunk. “We can tell the ages of a tree by

The shortlist for the 2017 Intergrain Timber Vision Awards, which recognize excellence in the use of timber in the built environment, has been released. Source: ArchitectureAU From 158 submissions, 31 projects have been shortlisted in five key categories: Commercial Exterior, Commerci

A new report has for the first time measured the socio-economic impact of the southern NSW softwood industry, which adds more than $1 billion to the region’s economy annually. Source: The Border Mail It found ongoing plantation investment was needed to support processing and spin-off

Up to 20 jobs could be lost from the Heyfield timber mill later this month, a Coalition MP has warned, as the Victorian Government continues to negotiate the purchase of the business. Source: The Weekly Times The Government announced early last month it would buy the Australian Sustai

A family of sawmill owners is breathing new life into Brooweena sawmill with around 25 jobs up for grabs. It comes three years after the rural mill shut suddenly in 2014, devastating local contractors. Source: The Fraser Coast Chronicle New owner Ben Hall Sr, who has worked in sawmill

The ongoing delay in the announcement of the sale of Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s pulpwood plantations has prompted questions from Labor about potential for a “fire sale”. Source: The Mercury The State Government remains silent on the outcome of the sale process. The sale of plantati