When we hear the word “disruption,” we tend to think of Apple’s iPhone destroying Kodak’s business model, Uber taking on the taxi industry or AirBnB reinventing the hotel game. But disruption is not just about technological change. Source: by Tony Arnel via Sourceable In fact, as the

The jobs are stacking up for a newly-established drone business in the far north of Western Australia. Source: ABC Rural From crop inspections, to filming promotional videos and even tree counting for one of the local forestry companies, Kununurra-based Ben Broadwith is keeping his ne

A new export deal for southern Tasmanian forestry products from the Hobart waterfront will signal a new era for the industry, the State Government says. Source: The Mercury State-owned TasPorts and logistics firm Qube Ports have created an interim joint venture to enable the export of

New Zealand Far North Mayor John Carter is furious that hopes of a pulp and timber mill in Kaikohe – and 200 new jobs – have been killed. Source: Radio New Zealand The proposal for using cheap geothermal power was a cornerstone of the government’s Economic Action Pla

A south-east South Australian mill will be transformed into a $20 million timber veneer plant by Sydney company Shield Formply, creating around 80 new jobs, Wattle Range Council has announced. Source: ABC News Pending council approval of the planning application, construction will beg

Five priceless Serbian Spruces have been dug up by thieves from a woodland reserve in Perth, Scotland to sell as Christmas trees, it is believed. Source: Telegraph UK The endangered Serbian Spruces were taken from Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park by thieves using garden forks. During the t

A scathing investigation report released by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) details systematic illegal timber sourcing by one of Europe’s largest timber processors, the Austrian firm Holzindustrie Schweighofer. Source: Business Wire FSC’s 110-page report, produced by a panel of e

A Papua New Guinean villager’s six-year battle to stop logging around his home has won him an international human rights award and given him the chance to lobby the United States Government for help. Source: ABC Radio AustralIa Paul Pavol travelled to New York and Washington DC

Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere look likely to benefit some plants more than others, Rangitikei farmer and forester Denis Hocking says. Sources: New Zealand Herald, Wanganui Chronicle In temperate climates like New Zealand’s, it’s looking as though for