Neville Smith fire deliberate
13 July 2017
A fire that caused $800,000 damage at the Neville Smith Forest Products operation in Tasmania was deliberately lit, police say. Source: ABC News The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) received multiple triple-0 calls about 10:00pm on Tuesday and went to the Remount Road property in Mowbray t
Continue Reading →North Korea launches missile from timber truck
05 July 2017
North Korea appeared to use a Chinese truck originally sold for hauling timber to transport and erect a ballistic missile that was successfully launched on Tuesday, highlighting the challenge of enforcing sanctions to curb its weapons program. Source: Japan Times North Korea state tel
Continue Reading →Recognising tree species via laser scanning
05 July 2017
A joint research project by Tampere University of Technology’s mathematics laboratory and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) has developed a new method of recognising tree species based on laser scanning measurements. Source: Luke The method enables the calculation of clas
Continue Reading →China’s forestry trade volume increased
05 July 2017
China’s forestry trade volume reached US$70.97 billion in the first half of this year, up 10.8% year on year, official data showed. Source: China Daily Total value of the forestry sector’s output reached 2.77 trillion yuan, up 7.4% year on year, according to the State Fore
Continue Reading →AFCA Green Triangle meeting
05 July 2017
Australian Forest Contractor’s Australia (AFCA) Green Triangle regional meeting and forest owners and service providers – uniform safety audit launch will be held today. Source: Timberbiz This AFCA regional meeting will provide an update on: the Log Haulage Registered Code of Pr
Continue Reading →Scholarship for Fire Performance of Floor Timber Systems
05 July 2017
The School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) is offering a PhD scholarship for a motivated student to contribute to research being undertaken within the Centre for Future Timber Structures and the Fire Safety Engineering Research Group. Source:
Continue Reading →New criteria for carbon building
05 July 2017
The Green Building Council of Australia has introduced a new criteria for low and zero-carbon buildings in the latest changes to its Green Star rating. Source: Architecture Au Five- and six-star Green Star-rated buildings will now have to meet minimum greenhouse gas emission standards
Continue Reading →Dr Drielsma chair of Australian Forestry Standard
05 July 2017
Respected forester Dr Hans Drielsma has been elected chairman of Australian Forestry Standard Ltd. Source: Timberbiz Dr Drielsma, who has served as interim chairman since the resignation of Kate Carnell AO at the AFS AGM in Sydney last year, was elected at a recent meeting of the AFS
Continue Reading →Nannup forest logging on hold
05 July 2017
WA’s conservation department is investigating whether a forest near Nannup contains old-growth trees and should be spared from a Government logging operation. Source: Perth Now The Barrabup forest, 5km from Nannup in the South-West, is earmarked for logging by the State-run Forest Pro
Continue Reading →Silence over sales of Tas plantation assets
05 July 2017
The Tasmanian State Government and the state-owned company formerly known as Forestry Tasmania are remaining tight-lipped on the sale of the state’s public forest plantations. Source: The Mercury As of July 1, Forestry Tasmania became known as Sustainable Timber Tasmania under a State
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