Forestry Tas 230 regeneration burns in autumn
16 March 2017
Forestry Tasmania has announced about 230 regeneration burns are planned in harvested coupes this autumn. Source: The Mercury The state-owned forest manager said it would “soon begin” its annual planned burns program. In addition to the 230 regeneration burns, which range in size from
Continue Reading →Are Tiwi plantations in trouble
16 March 2017
The forestry operation that Tiwi Islanders have hoped for six decades would lift their communities out of poverty has denied it is about to collapse because it is unable to repay its debts. Source: ABC News Tiwi families on the islands, 70 kilometres north of Darwin, have supported th
Continue Reading →Kangaroo Island Timbers in midst of department dispute
16 March 2017
Underwater drilling has been halted off Kangaroo Island, prompting a dispute involving two government departments and the country’s largest abalone farm over whether the appropriate approvals had been given to the company carrying out the activity. Sources: ABC News, Timberbiz K
Continue Reading →FIAT will not support Tas Liberals
16 March 2017
Tasmania’s Resources Minister says the Liberals’ forestry legislation is squarely focused on the public interest, following the rejection of the plan by the peak body for the forest industry. Source: The Mercury The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania says it cannot support the
Continue Reading →Heyfield workers march in Melbourne
16 March 2017
Workers from the Heyfield sawmill in Gippsland gathered in Melbourne, arguing their industry is sustainable and urging the Victorian Government to increase the amount of timber supplied. Source: ABC News The sawmill is facing closure as negotiations for timber supplies have stalled be
Continue Reading →VicForests fences Strathbogies forest to protect seedlings
16 March 2017
A fence is being placed around a harvested area in the Strathbogies State forest to protect the newly planted seedlings from being eaten by wild deer. Source: Timberbiz Lachlan Spencer, VicForests General Manager Stakeholders and Planning said that it is expected that the fence will r
Continue Reading →New Volvo CE business director for Oceania
16 March 2017
James Kennedy has been appointed Business Director for Volvo Construction Equipment in Oceania. He will be based in Perth, Western Australia. Source: Timberbiz Together with Volvo CE’s distribution partners CJD, Transdiesel and Cipac he will be responsible for driving and developing V
Continue Reading →Wood pellet energy snubbed here goes to Japan
16 March 2017
While the federal government ponders subsidies to “clean up” coal, one Australian firm plans to spend $130 million to export a cleaner coal solution to Japan, after being snubbed domestically. Source: The Australian Global forest manager New Forests and its Tasmanian subsidiary Forico
Continue Reading →Amazon Rainforest – a garden that got out of hand
08 March 2017
Scientists have worked out how the mysterious Amazon Rainforest began 8000 years ago. Turns out it was a simple gardening experiment that got way out of hand. Source: The Sun Secrets of the Amazon — including uncontracted tribes — remain more than 10,000 years after the first ancient
Continue Reading →Teen on track to plant a trillion trees
08 March 2017
Children are not often invited to speak to the United Nations General Assembly. But there stood Felix Finkbeiner, German wunderkind in his Harry Potter spectacles, gray hoodie, and mop-top haircut—with a somber question about climate change. Source: National Geographic “We children kn
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