The timber plantation on the Tiwi Islands has refused to die, it has been saved again with a new marketing deal worth up to $200 million over five years. Source: The Telegraph
New Zealand forest growers, long overshadowed by booming returns from the dairy industry, look set to cash in on record prices for logs as they prepare to harvest trees planted in a flurry of activity two decades ago. Source: Scoop NZ
On Sunday afternoon fire swept through plantations to the north of Morwell and came to the boundaries of the Australian Paper Maryvale pulp mill. Source: ABC News
According to the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) creating simpler rules for the timber industry will make it easier to enforce. Source: ABC News
A change in Australia’s building code will mean greater opportunities for use of timber and wood products in multi-storey construction. Source: Sourceable
With forest product exports continuing to enjoy a run of high commodity prices there is plenty of attention worldwide on the robust returns delivered from forest resources. Source: Timberbiz
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia. Sources: Timberbiz, ATN,
What if we could identify plants not by sight but by sound? It’s not entirely fanciful: every plant makes a unique set of sounds, an auditory signature, influenced by its physiology. Source: Gizmodo