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Last call for FWPA groups

26 February 2015
Expressions of interest for membership of Forest and Wood Products Australia’s (FWPA) Advisory and Reference Groups are open until close of business tomorrow Friday 27 February. Source: Timberbiz A new reference group will be introduced – Generic Marketing Reference Group. These group
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Vic forest industries goes West

26 February 2015
One of the top priorities for the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) in 2015 is to advocate especially with a new state government in place. Source: Timberbiz One of the ways that the association is working towards that aim is by meeting with members and other industry
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Forest safety paradigm shift from international experts

26 February 2015
 After a horror year of workplace fatalities in 2013, New Zealand’s forest industry performed superbly in 2014, both in terms of safety and wood production. Source: Scoop NZ, Timberbiz The credit for the dramatic turnaround in safety performance has to go to the people on the forest f
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Safety council for NZ forest workers

26 February 2015
The New Zealand forest industry has established a safety council to make forests safer places to work. This was a key recommendation of the Independent Forestry Safety Review Panel that reviewed forest workplace safety in 2014.  Source: Timberbiz The Forest Industry Safety Council wil
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Solomon Islands challenge logging for forest minister

19 February 2015
A logging company majority-owned by Solomon Islands’ forestry minister is facing a legal challenge from landowners keen to protect the cloud forest on Kolombangara Island. Source: ABC News The ground-breaking case has been in and out of the courts for five years and is due for i
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Laser scanning for carbon store

19 February 2015
Trees do the vital job of absorbing carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, and producing oxygen. But at the moment, the only way to measure how much carbon is stored in a tree is to chop it down and weigh it. Source: Euronews So a new technique is being developed, which
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IKEA idea to use solid pine

19 February 2015
IKEA is one of the largest furniture companies on Earth. It’s one of the largest companies on Earth. When a company this big decides to make even a slight change to how it makes or sources its products, it’s a massive undertaking. Source: Gizmodo That’s exactly what IKEA is doing righ
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China continues to consume softwood

19 February 2015
China continued to dominate global log trade and was setting a new record high in the consumption of imported softwood logs in 2014. Source: Business Wire The seemingly endless increase in demand for wood raw materials from the manufacturers of wood products in China has resulted in y
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Muddy waters blamed on forestry

19 February 2015
Marlborough-based Green Party MP Steffan Browning has commented on the state of the Havelock estuary. An article in the Marlborough Express discussed the mud in Havelock Estuary and raised the question of the cause of the increased mud. Was it farming or forestry, or both? Sources: St
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Results of parliamentary inquiry into Triabunna sale

19 February 2015
A parliamentary inquiry into the sale of the Triabunna woodchip mill on Tasmania’s east coast has recommended the wharf stay in public hands. Source: ABC News A Liberal-dominated parliamentary committee has been investigating the 2011 sale of the former Gunns mill to multi-milli
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