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Timber investing is sound

28 April 2016
The US housing market last year didn’t bode well for one valuable resource – timber, but that is only one ring in a tree’s long life. Source: Think Advisor The advantage in investing in timber, as an asset class is optionality: Unlike other farm products, you can harvest your product
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Logging companies resist conservation in PNG

28 April 2016
A Papua New Guinea Forest official says logging companies are continuing to resist conservation policies put in place by the government. Source: Radio New Zealand Programs such as Redd-plus, initiated by the United Nations, have been established in countries like PNG to help curb glob
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APP Indonesian mill raises concerns

28 April 2016
A landmark commitment by one of the world’s largest producers of tissue and paper to stop cutting down Indonesia’s prized tropical forests is under renewed scrutiny as the company prepares to open a giant pulp mill in South Sumatra. Sources: AAP, Yahoo 7 To fanfare more th
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Logging trucks making NZ roads unsafe

28 April 2016
Three logging trucks rolled on bends in New Zealand’s Whangarei in one week and police said speed and possibly fatigue were factors in the crashes. Source: Radio New Zealand Kim Simpson, who lives above a blind bend on Patutahi Road, said at least three people had been run off the roa
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Our Forest Future for Christchurch

28 April 2016
Christchurch’s Avon River red zone could kick-start an ambitious national goal of creating 1.3 million hectares of new forest to improve health, wealth, and wellbeing, according to Christchurch red zone campaigners. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ Avon-Otakaro Network, Greening the Red Z
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NZ afforestation scheme apply now

28 April 2016
Northland farmers and landowners keen to plant as little as five – or as much as 300 – hectares of new forestry are being encouraged to take full advantage of a Government forestry grant scheme. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ The Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS) is administered by the M
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AFPA warns government about foreign investment

28 April 2016
Australia’s forestry sector could be at risk if review thresholds for foreign investment are not returned to their previous levels, the sector warns. Source: The Weekly Times Now The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) fears the growing $22 billion industry, which relies hea
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Bring back logging to NZ west Coast

28 April 2016
A woman who fought against the end to logging native trees on the West Coast 16 years ago says bringing that back would create the jobs the region so desperately needs. Source: Radio New Zealand The Labour government banned logging native forests in 2000 and gave the coast $120 millio
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TFS to plant 1200 hectares of sandalwood

28 April 2016
Indian sandalwood producer Tropical Forestry Services (TFS) has begun this year’s planting program in Northern Territory’s Douglas Daly region. Source: ABC Rural TFS is expecting to plant around 1200 hectares of sandalwood this year across its properties in the Douglas Dal
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Wood residue exports to resume in Tasmania

28 April 2016
Exports of wood residues could resume from southern Tasmania within months for the first time since the Triabunna woodchip mill was shut down five years ago. Source: ABC News Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein announced the State Government is in negotiations with four parties to export
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