Enviro impact statement from Kangaroo Island Timbers
20 July 2017
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers will release an Environmental Impact Statement into its proposed multi-purpose wharf at Smith Bay within months. Source: Timberbiz The independent Development Assessment Commission released guidelines for the project, which require KIPT to prepare a
Continue Reading →Forest Research Manager position at FWPA
20 July 2017
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) seeks to appoint a new Forest Research Manager to improve industry collaboration and maximise the leverage and effectiveness of forest research, development and extension. Source: Timberbiz The position will report to the managing director and
Continue Reading →Quintis chaotic financial structure
20 July 2017
The complex and chaotic financial structure underpinning troubled sandalwood group Quintis became even more evident, with the decision by the cash-strapped timber and oil company to issue writs against former managing director Frank Wilson for an $11.1 million unpaid loan. Source: The
Continue Reading →Professional forest managers now female
20 July 2017
Today’s face of a professional forest manager is unlikely to be a rugged bearded bush-man type but is much more likely to be a very technologically savvy female who is a skilled communicator, business analyst and people manager. Source: Timberbiz Since the 1970s when university gradua
Continue Reading →Traffic back-logs at Port Nelson
20 July 2017
Nelson’s logging carriers say three-hour waits and queues of up to 40 trucks at Port Nelson is costing them and exporters time and money. Source: Stuff NZ An estimated 30% increase in overseas demand for New Zealand logs in the last year has put pressure on available resources a
Continue Reading →Young Timber Community Ambassador at Mt Gambier
20 July 2017
Mt Gambier Timber Industry Club members and guests enjoyed hearing from guest speaker Ms Leilani Dawes who came to speak about her experiences in the Timber Communities Australia (TCA) Young Ambassadors Initiative last year. Source: Timberbiz Her experiences included media training, s
Continue Reading →The true benefits of bioenergy explained
20 July 2017
The Victorian Bioenergy Network, supported by Cultivate Agribusiness, is holding a two-day forum, workshop and tour in Ararat on 11-12 September 2017. Source: Timberbiz The aim of the forum is to provide local government businesses, community groups and others interested in reducing t
Continue Reading →Supporting special species sector
20 July 2017
The Tasmanian Government is committed to unlocking Tasmania’s production forests to create jobs in regional Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz “Special species timber is an iconic part of our forest industry and our economy, incorporating boat builders, furniture makers and other craft
Continue Reading →Forestry to protect incomes after Brexit
13 July 2017
Brexit is probably the biggest political and economic event of recent times facing Ireland’s economy and, also, its forestry sector. Source: Agriland Given the Irish agricultural sector’s dependence on the UK market, particularly for beef exports, farmers may need to look at alternati
Continue Reading →Beechwood bike
13 July 2017
If you’re a pre-professional design student, you could cut the frame from two sheets of plywood, slap a full-length bench seat on it, shellac it, and call it good. Source: Timberbiz Well, at least that’s what Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design student Tamás Túri did. The Hungari
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