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Environmental groups sign anti RFA statement

19 May 2016
More than 30 environmental groups have signed a statement demanding that agreements allowing the logging of Australian native forests not be renewed. Source: The Guardian Australia’s 10 regional forestry agreements (RFAs) were signed between 1997 and 2001, each running for 20 years, w
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Bob Brown avoids prosecution

19 May 2016
Environmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown will not face prosecution over his arrest at an anti-logging protest in Tasmania’s north-west. Source: ABC News Mr Brown was arrested along with three protesters when they walked into the Lapoinya Forest exclusion zone in Janua
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Forest industries say include Greens in Leaders Debate

19 May 2016
A leading industry group representing the forestry and forest products industries agrees that the Australian Greens should be included in the election ‘Leaders Debates’. Source: Timberbiz Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Mr Ross Hampton said
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Renewable and energy efficiency associations say “Yes we can!”

19 May 2016
The renewable and energy efficiency associations say that New Zealand can achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets agreed in Paris by domestic mitigation rather than the purchase of international units, and they are out to demonstrate how that can be done. Source: Timberb
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Frame 2016 speaker specifics

19 May 2016
Speakers from Europe, Canada, USA and local experts will present at the Frame Australia 2016 Conference and Exhibition with delegate attendance expected to be a record high for the 18 years of the event. Source: Timberbiz The conference theme “Building construction with prefabricated
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Xlam to manufacture CLT in Australia

19 May 2016
Australia’s first CLT manufacturing facility is to be officially announced by New Zealand’s XLam at Frame Australia 2016 Conference & Exhibition, which starts Monday 23 May at Park Hyatt Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz Xlam has an outline of its plans to expand into Australia to meet
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India plans to spend $6 billion on creating new forests

12 May 2016
The Narendra Modi government plans to spend a staggering $6.2 billion to increase India’s green cover. Source: Quartz India The bill ­– called the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 – has already been passed by lawmakers in India’s lower house this week. The aim of this projec
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Going up!

12 May 2016
Over the past few years, wood has emerged as an unlikely yet desirable material for the design of future skyscrapers. This is what London’s first tall timber structure could look like, wrote Jamie Condliffe, contributing Editor at Gizmodo [Engineering & Technology]. Source: Timber
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Education for sustainable timber mills

12 May 2016
Education is key to ensuring timber resources last the distance, a sustainable timber mill operator says. Source: ABC News Annabel Kater operates an Australian Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified sustainable milling operation at Monkerai, north of Newcastle, with her husband Ja
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Re-imagining Australia’s forestry future

12 May 2016
Sustainable, hi-tech and worth tens of millions of extra dollars each year to the Tasmanian economy – that’s the vision for forestry from the man leading UTAS’s new Centre for Forest Value, Jim Reid. Source: The Mercury Professor Reid’s industry and conservationist backed centre is ta
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