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Container shortage impacting timber imports to China

05 February 2021
The availability of shipping containers and disruptions to shipping schedules is impacting the flow of wood product imports into China. Source: Tropical Timber Market Report The shortage of shipping containers in places where they are needed has pushed up international shipping costs.
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World Architecture Festival open for entries

05 February 2021
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) will take place 1-3 December 2021 in Lisbon. The Festival moved from the original dates in June, due to the ongoing uncertainty created by COVID-19. The entry deadline is now 7 May 2021. Source: Timberbiz For the third year in a row, PEFC is spons
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How German scientists track the origin of wood to prevent illegal trade

05 February 2021
Gerald Koch hurries through a narrow corridor and into his testing laboratory. Inside, employees are squinting through microscopes and peering into screens showing cells and vessels.  Source: International Forest Industries Magazine Part of Hamburg’s Thuenen Institute, the boldly name
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Bendigo GovHub Vic timber frame building to be largest

05 February 2021
A head contractor has been chosen to construct Victoria’s largest timber frame building in Bendigo. A joint venture between Bendigo-based builder Fairbrother and one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest construction providers, Icon, has been appointed to deliver the $90 million proj
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Driver and owner wellbeing programs back on the road

05 February 2021
Professional Ownership and Driver Wellbeing Program sessions are set to recommence after a long delay due to COVID 19 travel restrictions. Sessions will be held late March in Tasmania and sessions in Western Australia are currently being organised with the date to be confirmed. Source
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Spark Operational is the new cutting-edge bushfire tool

05 February 2021
Australia will develop a nationally consistent bushfire modelling and prediction capability under an agreement announced yesterday between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and AFAC, the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services. Source: Timberbiz The partnership invo
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Neville Smith Southwood will immediately create more fulltime jobs

05 February 2021
Neville Smith Forest Products is set to increase production at its Southwood mill near Huonville from 1 July 2021. The expansion will immediately create 30 new fulltime jobs in the Huon Valley. Source: Timberbiz NSFP CEO, Andrew Walker, said it was planned to commence a full second sh
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Bob Brown Foundation’s Great Forest Case fails 3-0

05 February 2021
Bob Brown has been told to accept the judgement of the Federal Court which this week dismissed his bid to halt native logging in Tasmania. The Federal Court on Wednesday ruled 3-0 against the Bob Brown Foundation’s argument that the state’s Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) contra
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Opinion: Stuart Ellis – disagrees with Mullins, fuel reduction does mitigate fire behaviour

05 February 2021
The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC), the National Council for fire and emergency services, believes that Greg Mullins’ recent commentary around fuel reduction is misleading. (Greg Mullins AO, AFSM, is an internationally recognised expert in respondin
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Friday analysis: Gotcha Bob Brown Foundation, you failed

05 February 2021
It was a “Gotcha” moment for Bob Brown. Despite throwing almost everything it could, his Bob Brown Foundation failed in its Federal Court bid to shut down the native timber industry in Tasmania. Source: Bruce Mitchell The court in its wisdom ruled that Tasmania’s Regional
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