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Drop Kyoto for the Framework Convention in New Zealand

24 July 2012
New Zealand company City Forests says its Government should abandon the Kyoto Protocol, rather than commit to revised rules it fears could lumber forestry companies with "massive" additional costs. City Forests chief executive Grant Dodson said changes to the Kyoto Protocol agreed las
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Gunns board resignation

24 July 2012
The board of Tasmanian timber company Gunns has decreased and now has just four members following the resignation of one of its directors. Paul Teisseire resigned from the board on July 20. Source: Timberbiz
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New NZ association for specialty timbers

24 July 2012
The NZ Farm Forestry Association has set up a national industry body representing the interests of local specialty timber producers and those with an interest in specialty timbers. To promote the practice a web resource with information about a range of local timber species, a photogr
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Tasmanian modelling may be the compromise

24 July 2012
The fate of a landmark deal to end 35 years of conflict over forestry in Tasmania rests with experts who will run detailed modelling to see if a proposed compromise is feasible. Timber and green groups revealed they had agreed to test a single "scenario" for new forest reserves to see
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Liberian forests granted to logging companies

19 July 2012
More than half of Liberia's forests have been granted to logging companies according to figures released to the Guardian newspaper in the UK from Global Witness – and all of the contracts have been issued during Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government. Global Witness is an international no
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British Columbia demand for lumber decline

19 July 2012
The timber harvest in British Columbia, Cananda reached a record 90 million cubic metres in 2005 but fell dramatically the following four years to a 25-year low of just over 52 million cubic metres in 2009. Reduced demand for lumber in the US market, high manufacturing costs, high exp
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Local timber workers recognized in Shoalhaven

19 July 2012
Timber workers will be recognised for their contribution to the industry at the inaugural Timber Worker of the Year awards held at the annual Southern Shoalhaven Timber Festival in New South Wales. Woodworkers and builders will be commended for their creative and innovative use of tim
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CIT funding for capital investment

19 July 2012
Log sawmilling, wood chipping, timber re-sawing and dressing, prefabricated wooden building manufacturing, veneer and plywood manufacturing and pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturing are among those eligible to apply for grants under the Clean Investment Technology (CIT) program. So
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Podcast number two on wood production

19 July 2012
The University of Tasmania’s Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAWW) has presented the second podcast in its new timber education and skills series to partner its Graduate Certificate in Timber (Processing and Building). CSAWW announced the release of the centre’s second
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Additional income from bioenergy Mallee eucalypts

19 July 2012
Australia can be prominent in the development of bioenergy industries. Energy tree cropping can be designed to integrate with agricultural enterprises across the wheat belt farming areas without compromising food and fibre production or security of water supply. Source: Timberbiz
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