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World-first totally wood multi-storey hotel

31 August 2020
MalisGarten is the world’s first 5-storey hotel made entirely of solid wood. PEFC-certified glue laminated timber (binderholz glulam) and cross laminated timber (binderholz CLT BBS) supplied by GmbH were used for the entire supporting structure. Source: Timberbiz The hotel is located
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Roundwood prices decrease all over Sweden

31 August 2020
The trend of decreasing delivery prices has been ongoing for a full year, according to new statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. The price of pulpwood decreased by 2.8% and the sawlog price by 2.6%, in comparison with the first quarter of 2020. Source: Timberbiz Pulpwood prices h
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American Forest Foundation pledges 84 million trees

31 August 2020
The American Forest Foundation (AFF), a national conservation organization that focuses on empowering family and private forest owners to protect and improve their forests, joined 26 other conservation leaders in committing to the 1t.org US chapter as part of the global trillion trees
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NZ fire burning 2500 hectares of forest

31 August 2020
A fire near Lake Pukaki, on New Zealand’s South Island was reported to Fire and Emergency New Zealand at approximately 11.25am on Sunday morning. The fire is burning over an area of 2500 hectares of forestry. Strong nor-west winds have hampered attempts to control the fire and are for
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Harvesting and replanting of Kinross State Forest

31 August 2020
A multi-year operation to harvest and replant pine plantations in Kinross State Forest will commence in October, producing enough timber to construct the frames for more than 3000 homes and fit out their kitchens and closets. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Fire and St
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Blue Sky Young Researchers Award needs young Aussie foresters

31 August 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA)  is calling on young Australian researchers working in forest sciences focussed on the pulp and paper sector, to nominate for the 3rd Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award. Source: Timberbiz Introduced in 2016 and held every two
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COVID mitigation in Green Triangle proves it can work

31 August 2020
Strict coronavirus mitigation plans have allowed the Green Triangle forest and timber sector to maintain business flow which the industry believes provides a convincing case for a long-term border travel exemption. Source: Timberbiz With the Federal Government urging State Governments
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Kangaroo Island proves plantations can act to suppress fire

31 August 2020
Independent research from Airborne Research Australia after the 2019-20 bushfires on Kangaroo Island has confirmed that plantations can act as a fire suppressant. Source: Timberbiz “From what I can see on our aerial imagery and Lidar it does not seem to support the opinion that the pl
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Greens based forestry attacks on faulty scientific paper

31 August 2020
The Greens should be embarrassed by the retraction of the scientific paper that formed the basis of the party’s political attacks on Tasmania’s forest industry, according to Tasmania’s Resources Minister Guy Barnett. Source: Timberiz Mr Barnett said that during the greatest health and
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Academic anti-harvesting paper withdrawn due to errors

31 August 2020
A scientific paper that was the basis of an opinion piece by Professor James Kirkpatrick claiming that timber harvesting makes forests more flammable has been withdrawn from academic publication because it contains errors. Source: Philip Hopkins The peer-reviewed paper, written by Pro
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