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High Court penalizes Carbon Conscious New Zealand

21 April 2016
Carbon Conscious New Zealand Ltd wanted to plant trees on an eastern Taranaki property to earn carbon credits. Source: Stuff NZ Although the purchase of a Taranaki hill country property for planting in forestry breached the Overseas Investment Act (OIA), it was based on poor legal adv
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Wood waste should earn energy credits

21 April 2016
Foresters say wood waste should earn renewable energy credits to help plug a huge gap in the Renewable Energy Target. But the industry says the law needs to be changed to allow credits under the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme for direct heat generation from wood waste. Source: A
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Draft wood collection policy for Junee

21 April 2016
Wood collectors in the Junee Shire Council will be forced to have $20 million in public liability insurance if a draft policy being considered is adopted. Source: Junee Southern Cross Council has published a draft wood collection policy following a spate of illegal felling and subsequ
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Benalla sawmill expansion project

21 April 2016
The Ryan & McNulty sawmill in Benalla has received about $100,000 from the State Government to complete a $900,000 expansion project. Source: ABC News The project, which includes new steam boilers and docking lines, will create seven new jobs and increase production capacity by ab
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Conservationists support Australian Solar Timbers

21 April 2016
North coast conservationists are supporting a call for an inquiry into wood supply agreements for public lands in North East NSW following revelations a key contract has been secretly extended. Source: Echodaily In an unusual move, the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and the North C
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Australian Solar Timbers claims Boral has unfair advantage

21 April 2016
New South Wales hardwood flooring manufacturer Australian Solar Timbers (AST) is calling for a State Government inquiry into contracts issued by the state-owned Forestry Corporation of NSW. Source: ABC News AST’s Douglas Head claims one log supply contract awarded to Boral provided it
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AFCA salutes its contractors at Hall of Fame dinner

13 April 2016
On April 13, 2016 the Australian Forestry Contractors Association (AFCA) officially acknowledged its most valuable members at its Hall of Fame dinner in Traralgon, Victoria. Source: Timberbiz Around 190 people attended the dinner many bringing family with them underlying the fact that
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Preserving land won’t save the planet

12 April 2016
The signs of human impact in the tropics are often stark. Vast tracts of forest levelled for pasture. Fires in the Amazon that are visible from space but even the rainforests we set aside for preservation are slowly transforming. Source: Gizmodo Australia This is something conservatio
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First Canadian plant to use lignin

12 April 2016
The Hinton pulp mill has opened the first Canadian plant built to convert a sticky tree chemical from waste into a range of new environmentally friendly commercial products. Source: Edmonton Journal The $30-million facility attached to the West Fraser mill recovers lignin from the pul
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MiTek Vendor of the Year

12 April 2016
MiTek announced that it was named 2015 Vendor of the Year by Carter Lumber. Source: Business Week Carter Lumber is among the most admired companies in the lumber and building materials sector. The company ranks #13 on the ProSales 100 list of the largest lumber and building material r
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