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Sweetwoods for biomaterials on an industrial scale

29 January 2019
Sweetwoods a project made up of nine European companies, is to begin producing wood-based biomaterials for the first time on an industrial scale. This unique €43 million bio-economy project, funded by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) is now underway, with its key ai
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Forestry must seize climate change opportunity

29 January 2019
The UK Government will not meet its climate change targets without a significant increase in tree planting and far greater use of timber in construction. That was the clear message from Lord Deben, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), when he addressed the All-Party Parliam
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Tokyo Olympic pavilion to be engineered wood

29 January 2019
Finland will build a pavilion made of engineered wood from Finnish forestry giant Metsa Group as the country’s business, sporting and marketing centre during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Metsa pavilion, which will be made of Kerto LVL products, will be located at the Finnish Embassy i
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ABARES Outlook conference 2019

29 January 2019
The ABARES Outlook 2019 conference will be held in Canberra on 5-6 March 2019 with industry speakers and producers providing access to the latest industry analysis and insights to enable strategic business planning. Source: Timberbiz Outlook 2019 is focused on the outlook for Australi
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Bushfire research on forest soils not indicative of harvesting

29 January 2019
Australian scientists have discovered that forest soils need up to eight decades to recover from bushfires and logging, not just 10 or 15 years. Their findings could change the way forests are managed, with implications on climate change and forest sustainability. Source: ABC News Sci
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Southern Wood Council Awards open for nominations

29 January 2019
The New Zealand Southern Wood Council Awards program for 2019 has been announced. The program is run in conjunction with Competenz and the event will be hosted at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz Forest managers, forestry contractors, transport opera
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AFPA submits comment for next Federal Budget

29 January 2019
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the opportunity to submit comment on important forest industries proposals for the 2019-20 Federal Budget. The forest, wood and paper products industry supports up to 120,000 direct jobs across the full industry value chai
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KIPT submits revised EIS for Kangaroo Island seaport

29 January 2019
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KPT) has announced that it has submitted the revised Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Kangaroo Island Seaport. KIPT says the new EIS has been modified to address all government department and agency comments and suggestions, received fol
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Softwood log export stability still key strategic issue

29 January 2019
Australia’s exports of softwood logs declined 5.0% over the year-ended November 2018, totalling 4.213 million m3. Year-end exports were just 0.1% lower than in October, indicating the trade is increasingly stable. Considered from a strategic perspective, the exports remain significant
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IFA and AFG merger to create a body with more punch

29 January 2019
The Institute of Foresters of Australia has voted overwhelmingly to merge with Australian Forest Growers, creating a body with potentially more punch in the forest industry. More than 90% of IFA voters supported the merger, at an extraordinary general meeting last week. The AFG had al
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