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World line-up of sawing expertise coming to Australasia

29 June 2009
A BIANNUAL study jointly prepared by International Wood Markets Group out of Canada with input from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Beck Group, has just released the Global Lumber/Sawn Wood Cost Benchmarking Report.
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Training partnership to deliver improved forest safety

29 June 2009
A partnership agreement signed today between Forestry Tasmania and the Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association (TFCA) promises to deliver improved safety outcomes for forest workers.
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€ 4.5 million to fight illegal logging

29 June 2009
THE EUROPEAN Commission has strengthened its support to the implementation of the EU Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) by contributing € 4.5 million to the EU FLEGT Facility at the European Forest Institute (EFI).
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Footprint free timber flooring

24 June 2009
MCKAY FLOORING Ltd now has exclusive rights to storm harvest flooring, a new ‘footprint free’ range of Scottish hardwood products.
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Timber industry set to generate employment with infrastructure-led recovery

24 June 2009
PLANTATION FORESTRY expansion is driving a massive increase in investment in the timber processing industry with infrastructure and development proposals worth around $7 billion of new capacity set to generate around 6,000 jobs, according to the National Association of Forest Industri
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Joining forces in fight against illegal logging

24 June 2009
AUSTRALIA AND Papua New Guinea have formally agreed to join forces to tackle illegal logging.
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Vietnam’s rapidly expanding plantation resources becoming important supply source

24 June 2009
VIETNAM IS NOW one of the most important suppliers of plantation eucalyptus and acacia wood chips to the pulp industry in both Japan and China. The country has expanded shipments gradually over the past six years and is now the world’s fourth largest hardwood chip exporter, according
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Australian timber industry consolidates and improves systems to verify legally harvested wood

24 June 2009
AUSTRALIAN TIMBER and forest-based product industries are starting a project to consolidate and improve systems to verify that the wood they import and use is sourced from legal forest operations.
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International sawing technologies to be unveiled

22 June 2009
FOR SAWMILLERS there’s no denying the fact that it’s tough out there. Current market prices, reduced demand for wood products and rising raw material costs mean that sawmillers are demanding more from themselves, more from their operations and more from their technology suppliers.
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New Green Star assessment framework supports best practice timber use in buildings

22 June 2009
THE GREEN Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has released its new Assessment Framework for Forest Management Certification Schemes, as part of its ongoing review of the Green Star environmental rating tools for buildings.
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