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Tas Forest Products backs FSC audit report

19 August 2020
Tasmania’s Forest Products Association (TFPA) has backed Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s sustainable forest management practices following the public release of its Forest Stewardship Council Australia audit report, which found STT met almost all FSC indicators applicable to it. Source:
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Canadian log exports to Japan drop despite a deal

17 August 2020
Log exports from Canada to Japan have dropped in recent months despite a side deal to the Trans-Pacific Partnership designed to ensure stable supply, raising concerns of a possible first violation of the regional trade pact. Source: Nikkei Asian Review Shipments fell 77% on the year i
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Vietnam forestry exports hit $5b in six months

17 August 2020
Vietnamese export revenue of forestry products hit over US$5.3 billion in the first six months of 2020, up 2.7% over the same period last year, reported the Vietnam Administration of Forestry. Source: Timberbiz The administration predicted that in the whole year, total exports of the
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Blackhawk down – to work

17 August 2020
Fecon has released its new Blackhawk knife-tool mulching head, which quickly and efficiently shreds standing vegetation and processes material on the ground.  Designed specifically as a knife tool mulcher, every aspect of the including rotor diameter and size, ratio of knifes to rotor
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Master Builders wants government to establish CommunityBuilder grants

17 August 2020
Master Builders is calling on the Federal Government to fund a new initiative, CommunityBuilder Grants, in the October Federal Budget. In its Pre-Budget Budget Submission released today the MBA says the grants would activate the construction of community and non-for-profit facilities.
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HomeBuilder arrests building decline and protects jobs for the future

17 August 2020
HomeBuilder has arrested the decline in new home sales and will protect jobs in the sector into 2021, according to the HIA. HIA Chief Economist, Tim Reardon said housing data had been ricocheting through the COVID-19 period. Source: Timberbiz HomeBuilder is a time-limited, tax-free gr
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When possums take over

17 August 2020
An operation to save approximately 11,400 hectares of pristine old growth forest, including 3000 hectares of plantation forestry, from damage caused by predators in the Akatarawa Forest is being proposed by Greater Wellington. Source: Timberbiz “Possum numbers in the forest have risen
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Hyne seeks transport support to fast track new supply channels

17 August 2020
Hyne Timber is looking for government support for an initiative which will see saw logs destined for export, processed at its Tumbarumba Mill. Following discussions with suppliers in Victoria and South Australia, Hyne Timber has confirmation that at least 431,000m3 of sustainably grow
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AKD waiting for Sector Development Grant to upgrade main line

17 August 2020
Six months on from the devastating Dunns Road Fire that tore through the Snowy Valleys, the timber industry is waiting on government support to help ensure the viability of the industry into the future. Source: Tumut and Adelong Times The NSW Government is currently assessing sector g
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Sustainable Timber Tasmania FSC audit

17 August 2020
In 2019, Sustainable Timber Tasmania was one of the first organisations to undertake an audit against the new FSC National Forest Stewardship Standard of Australia. The audit recognised that Sustainable Timber Tasmania has a culture of innovation, adaptive management, and an ethos of
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