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Australian Forestry Standards AGM and AS4708 review

11 September 2012
The 2012 Australian Forestry Standard Ltd annual general meeting will be held on 25 October in Melbourne and will include the appointment of directors. Four vacancies on the board are expected to be filled at the meeting. Source: Timberbiz
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Australian Forestry Standards AGM and AS4708 review

11 September 2012
The 2012 Australian Forestry Standard Ltd annual general meeting will be held on 25 October in Melbourne and will include the appointment of directors. Four vacancies on the board are expected to be filled at the meeting. Source: Timberbiz
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Norske Skog to invest in Tasmania

11 September 2012
Norske Skog will convert a machine at its Boyer mill in Australia to the production of coated grades of paper, and close one newsprint machine at the Tasman mill in New Zealand. The international company’s Australian operations are responsible for the supply of around 600,000 tonnes
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Timber chosen for Commonwealth Games

06 September 2012
Stewart Milne Timber Systems has been awarded a major contract in support of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. The company will supply and erect the timber frames for 184 housing units in the purpose-built Athletes’ Village in Glasgow’s East End. Source: The Construction Index (UK)
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Liberia’s illegal logging under scrutiny

06 September 2012
Environmental group Global Witness has been involved in investigating the destruction of forests in the developing world. Now the group has turned its attention to Liberia in South Africa with instant repercussions. Source: New York Times
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Timber mill established by Aussie actor

06 September 2012
A timber milling operation has been established for the first time in a remote part of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation has set up a timber mill and carpentry workshop. Source: ABC Rural
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National strategy for invading conifers

06 September 2012
A new report on wilding conifers proposes the development of a national strategy for the management of the vigorously seeding trees that have invaded hundreds of thousands of hectares of public and private land, particularly in the South Island in New Zealand. Source: Straight Furrow
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Australia’s forestry labour force at a glance

06 September 2012
A breakdown of forestry in Australian states shows how things have changed in the past few years with employment figures ranging from more than 21,000 in New South Wales to around only 1000 in the ACT. Tasmania has seen the largest drop in employment in forestry. Source: Australia’s f
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Pocketbook on forests and timber plantations

06 September 2012
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has released a new edition of ‘Australian forests at a glance 2012’. This pocketbook compendium has data and information about Australia’s native forests and timber plantations. Source: Timberbiz
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Breakfast with plenty of ‘meet’

06 September 2012
The Frame & Truss Manufacturers Association (FTMA) has turned its hand to serving breakfast with a menu chock-a-block with food and information to keep its members satisfied. The event will be run concurrently with the FTMA’s annual general meeting. Source: Timberbiz
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