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Canada’s forest sector seeks support to weather the COVID-19 storm

18 May 2020
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) President and CEO appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to share with MPs how Canada’s forest sector and workers are managing through the current COVID-19 crisis. Source: Timberbiz He also presented to the commi
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Scottish tree planters self-isolate to plant 100,000 trees

18 May 2020
A group of enthusiasts has undertaken voluntary isolation in order to ensure a tree planting project in the Scottish Highlands would go ahead. Plans to plant 100,000 trees in the Glenmoriston area of the Scottish Highlands were almost scrapped in March as coronavirus lockdown restrict
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CLT360+ a new digital assistant for timber building installation

18 May 2020
In the small Norwegian town of Kolvereid, a new daycare centre was started at the beginning of 2020. It was one of wood construction company Woodcon’s many timber projects, but what looked like an ordinary building site was the testing ground for CLT360+, a digital assistant that is s
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Tasmania to build its way out of a recession

18 May 2020
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein’s announcement that his state will ‘build its way out of recession’ through an aggressive new construction stimulus package and bringing forward of building projects, demonstrates great leadership, according to the Australian Forest Products Association
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COVID jobless to be recruited for Victorian bushfire recovery

18 May 2020
Dozens of people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic will be recruited to work in bushfire recovery efforts, helping Victorians affected by two very different types of emergencies. More than 80 jobs in bushfire recovery in Gippsland and the north-east will be advertised over the
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Feedback to Responsible Wood on branding change

18 May 2020
Responsible Wood is looking for feedback with the release of a new survey marking an important milestone for Responsible Wood. From 1 January 2020, all certificate holders certified under the Responsible Wood scheme have mitigated to the Responsible Wood branding; with the Responsible
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AFPA signs up to Australian Made campaign

18 May 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has signed up to the Australian Made Campaign to support the push for Australians to choose local products manufactured from Australia’s sustainably managed forests. Source: Timberbiz The campaign’s CEO Ben Lazzaro said the partnership
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New NZ Bill is just a bureaucratic clipboard register says FOA

18 May 2020
New Zealand’s Forest Owners’ Association says the industry anticipates an unacceptable and pointless bureaucratic cost to all parts of the forest industry, if the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill becomes law. Source: Timberbiz The bill was
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WA’s “shambolic political interference” in forestry

18 May 2020
The WA forestry industry has slammed the State Government’s decision to halt a native timber logging operation and initiate a review of the project with just a few hours’ notice as “shambolic political interference”. Source: ABC The ongoing standoff between con
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Information – your key to navigating the future

18 May 2020
With COVID-19 front and centre of industry challenges right now and for the foreseeable future, there has never been a greater need for the latest news and information to be delivered to the forests and timber industry sectors. Ryan Media, as an independent and Australian-owned media
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