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Pan Pac Mill workers strike

14 July 2016
About 200 workers have walked off the job at a Napier timber mill in a 24-hour strike. Source: Radio New Zealand Workers at the Pan Pac Mill have rejected the company’s offer to settle a collective agreement, describing the offer as “miserly”. The workers are represe
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XLam appoints manager for future growth

14 July 2016
XLam Australia has boosted its capability in design and construction, with the appointment of former AECOM Melbourne senior structural engineer, Nick Hewson, to the role of technical manager. Source: The Fifth Estate The move brings to three the number of full time staff in the compan
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Logging companies take falcons under their wing

14 July 2016
Pine forests have become the habitat of choice for the threatened New Zealand falcon in the central North Island, and forestry companies have had to adapt to work around them. Source: Stuff NZ Timberlands, which manages Kaingaroa Forest, can spend NZ$10,000 a year shifting cultivating
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Young leaders’ summit

14 July 2016
Agriculture’s innovative young leaders should apply now to attend a three-day agricultural summit to be held from 21-23 September 2016 in Albury, NSW. Source: Timberbiz GrowAg – Cultivating Excellence in Ag for our Farming Future is a pre-eminent cross-industry forum, bringing togethe
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FWPA moves forward with new plan

14 July 2016
An innovative new 5-year strategic plan demonstrates Forest and Wood Products Australia’s (FWPA) responsiveness and flexibility – while offering greater transparency to stakeholders. Source: Timberbiz Essentially, the new plan moves from an operationally structured approach to one tha
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Wood and fibre program grants in Tasmania

14 July 2016
A program to support projects that use agricultural plant residues to create value added projects in the state has been announced by the Tasmanian state government. Source: The Advocate The wood and fibre processing innovation program was announced by Minister for Forestry Peter Gutwe
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Chipping in at Macquarie Wharf

14 July 2016
The Tasmanian State Government has confirmed Macquarie Wharf will replace Triabunna as the South’s major forestry export port, edging closer to a solution for the forest industry’s residues problem. Source: The Mercury A Government spokesman said between 250,000 to 300,000 tonnes of f
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European Study Tour

14 July 2016
Following the success of last year’s WoodSolutions European Study Tour, Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is calling for expressions of interest to attend a similar tour in 2016. Source: Timberbiz And can be configured to include the 2016 World Conference on Timber Engineeri
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Centre for Future Timber Structures Opens

14 July 2016
Minister Leanne Donaldson MP, Professors Simon Biggs, and Professor Jose Torero at UQ’s Advance Engineering Building officially opened the Centre for Future Timber Structures on 12 July 2016. Source: Timberbiz The University of Queensland has teamed up with the Department of Agricultu
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Better opportunities needed for Chinese women in forestry

07 July 2016
A new study looks at the status of women in China’s forest sector reform and highlights the need to integrate the gender perspective in the reform policies in order to improve women’s access to forestland rights and participation in decision making. Source: World Bank According to the
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