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Reaching for the Sky in first multi-storey commercial UK timber building

17 February 2021
At its headquarters in West London, satellite broadcaster Sky has built a new educational facility using PEFC-certified engineered timber. Under the banner of Believe in Better Buildings (BiBB), the building reflects the company’s sustainable aspirations. Source: Timberbiz As the firs
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Biomass by Airbus

17 February 2021
Biomass is taking shape at Airbus’ site in Stevenage, with the Structure Model Platform completed. Biomass is an ESA Earth Explorer mission due to launch in 2022. It will measure forest biomass to assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes for five years. Sources: Spatial Source, Tim
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CM Labs partners Tigercat for simulator development

17 February 2021
CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, has entered into a partnership agreement with Tigercat Industries to develop and supply state-of-the-art simulators that replicate the functionality and behaviour of the 20-tonne Tigercat 1075C log forwarder and the Tigerca
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Global container freight rates skyrocket with surcharges

17 February 2021
Global container freight rates continued to sky-rocket into the new year as major freight companies applied surcharges for premium service that some are calling ‘extortionate’. Source: IndustryEdge Early January discussion with two major importers to Australia included comments that t
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CSIRO adds up the cost to forests of the Black Summer bushfires

17 February 2021
Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires severely impacted hundreds of plant species. While the prospects of recovery for most appear to be good, some species remain vulnerable, according to research published by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the Centre for Austr
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NZ pumps $1b into development projects including forestry

17 February 2021
A significant milestone in support to the regions has been passed with more than one billion dollars pumped into economic development projects to back local jobs and businesses in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash says the Provincial
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Monitoring of red needle cast infection from the skies

17 February 2021
Researchers funded by the Forest Growers Research, the Forest Growers Levy Trust and Strategic Science Investment Fund have developed a method to monitor red needle cast from satellite imagery. Source: Timberbiz Their goal was to produce maps that accurately showed areas of possible r
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OFO community grants program for Limestone Coast

17 February 2021
A total of $50,000 in project funding through the OneFortyOne Community Grants Program is available for local not-for-profit groups with community focussed ideas in need of a budget boost. Source: Timberbiz The grants program, through a continuing partnership with Stand Like Stone, is
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Independent advisory panel to review Wildlife Act in Victoria

17 February 2021
An independent expert advisory panel will lead a review of the key Act that protects and manages Victoria’s unique wildlife. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio has announced the most comprehensive review of the Wildlife Act since its introduction
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Another Incident Notification with WorkSafe about Bob Brown Foundation

17 February 2021
Forest & Wood Communities Australia has lodged an Incident Notification with WorkSafe Tasmania following the protest action at the Artec Mill on Friday. It is the second time this month FWCA has formally requested prosecutions of the Bob Brown Foundation by the work safety regulat
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