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Canadians to make electronic logging mandatory

03 April 2020
FPInnovations announced that a new federal mandate is expected to come into effect next year making electronic logging devices (ELDs) mandatory for Canadian federally regulated motor carriers and their drivers. With few exceptions, anyone who currently uses paper logs to keep track of
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Metsa to build the world’s most modern sawmill

03 April 2020
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the decision to build the world’s most modern sawmill in Rauma. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 200 million. Construction will begin in the spring of 2020. Production at the sawmill is set to begin during the third quarter of
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Nippon Paper employees donate to rebuild in Eden

03 April 2020
Nippon Paper employees, who still have strong ties to the Allied Natural Wood Exports (ANWE) wood chip mill in Eden, have shown their support by donating money following the recent devastating bushfires. Source: Timberbiz Before it changed hands in 2015, Japanese company Nippon Paper
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New Department of Regional NSW to drive stimulus and recovery

03 April 2020
Regional New South Wales will have its own dedicated government department aimed at co-ordinating the state government’s response on all regional issues. The Department of Regional NSW will co-ordinate support for NSW communities, businesses and farmers who have endured drought, bushf
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Resene Timber Design Award winners

03 April 2020
From revolutionary building designs with the potential to change the way architects and engineers use timber to a brand new, flexible organic material developed from balsa wood that’s significantly stronger and more transparent than the original, the NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Award
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Duniam says RFA extensions provide certainty, others not so sure

03 April 2020
The extension of the Regional Forest Agreements to June 2030 by the Australian and Victorian Governments provided certainty for the Victorian forestry industry, according to the Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Senator Jonathon Duniam. Source: Timberbiz Senator Duniam sai
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Ents Forestry to manage Peppermint Estate

03 April 2020
Australia-based forestry investor New Forests has appointed Ents Forestry Pty Ltd to manage the plantation assets of Peppermint Estate Pty Ltd in Western Australian. Source: Timberbiz Peppermint Estate is owned by New Forests’ Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 (ANZFF3), an instituti
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Vale: Richard Neville-Smith

03 April 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association has paid tribute to forest industries pioneer and leader Richard Neville-Smith. Mr Neville-Smith, the former Chief Executive of Neville Smith Forest Products passed away last week in Melbourne aged 82 after a long illness. His funeral was hel
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Opinion James Neville-Smith: less emotion and more pragmatism will solve climate change

03 April 2020
Climate Change is real. However, if we are to have any chance of fixing it, we need to be pragmatic and less emotional. There are many layers to the carbon story, but I am only familiar with the most ignored renewable we have available to us – forests. We can make a material differenc
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Opinion John O’Donnell: A potential new approach for southern regional states

03 April 2020
State Governments make decisions for regional areas of southern states, some good, some neutral and some poor.  Some decisions are made without adequate consultation with affected regional people and communities. Source: John O’Donnell We have the right of free expression in this coun
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