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Plantations for sale

19 March 2015
A range of medium-sized timber plantations will hit the market as institutional investors look to aggregate smaller allotments and gain a foothold in the strong softwood market. Source: The Australian CBRE head of timberland transactions David Smith said he expected properties valued
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Set price for NZ logs

19 March 2015
New Zealand First Leader the Right Hon Winston Peters is calling for a log price to be set to end the regional devastation that has occurred with so many sawmill closures. “In the past decade nationwide more than 20 big sawmills, and many smaller ones, have closed with the loss of mor
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FICA to help fragile foresters

19 March 2015
Just as the local failure of HarvestPro came to light the same thing appears to be happening in related markets on Canada’s west coast and around New Zealand. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ, Radio New Zealand Operating losses by contractors of over half a million dollars in six months h
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HarvestPro employees lose out

19 March 2015
At least 60 Gisborne-East Coast New Zealand forestry workers have lost their jobs as harvesting contracting company HarvestPro is caught up in the financial difficulty of its parent company Kiwi Forestry International. Sources: Gisborne Herald, Last Thursday five Gisborne forestry cre
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ANZIF conference contents

19 March 2015
The 8th ANZIF Conference “Beyond Tenure: Managing forests across the landscape will cover all aspects of modern Australasian forest management. Source: Timberbiz Professor Ross Garnaut will set the scene in a keynote address on population and development in a changing world. Australia
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Experience a Habitech home

19 March 2015
This Saturday 21 March, Habitech will host an open day at its Hawthorn Solar Extension project. Source: Timberbiz This will enable visitors to experience the design and space that the company’s unique modular system can create. While the project is still under construction, with the w
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Cloning 2 millennia old trees

12 March 2015
Tucked away in the rolling hills of northern Michigan in a once-dilapidated warehouse in the town of Copemish now brims with thousands of tiny saplings. But these trees are not as young as their sizes would suggest. Source: American Scientific Nonprofit Archangel Ancient Tree Archive,
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PNG forestry funds misappropriated

12 March 2015
In Papua New Guinea questions are being asked about what has happened to a multi-million dollar fund that is supposed to be used to help logging communities. Source: ABC Radio The PNG Eco-Forestry Forum believes the PNG government has stripped some 130 million kina ($AUD60 million dol
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Ta Ann new veneer plant

12 March 2015
Ta Ann Plywood (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) is building veneer plant in Bintulu, which will start up the operation in June this year. Source: Lesprom It will use 3000 cubic metres of acacia logs as raw material to produce 1500 cubic metres of veneer. The veneer plant will be built near t
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Timber cladding trends

12 March 2015
  As the industry increasingly focuses on ways to move construction into the factory, pre-finishing timber cladding before it is installed on site could be the next big step for the material. Source: Architecture & Design Timber finishes for exterior cladding applications are
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