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Protesters ignore Canadian court and set up new blockade

07 April 2021
Last week we reported on an 8-month long blockade in Canada against logging company Teal Jones Group now the protesters have set up a new blockade over the Easter weekend after the BC Supreme Court granted Teal Jones an injunction that would allow the arrest and removal of protesters.
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Komatsu chases 20% of global forestry equipment market

07 April 2021
Japanese equipment maker Komatsu hopes to generate 140 billion yen (US$1.27 billion) in revenue from forest machinery after four years, which would mark a 40% increase, due to robust housing and material demand. Source: Nikkei Asia Komatsu intends to fulfill its goal by offering a str
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Construction productivity is falling despite advancing technologies

07 April 2021
  Construction productivity has been an ongoing issue in the building industry for the last three decades. And research shows that despite advancing technologies, productivity is actually falling. Source: Timberbiz Over the past 10 years, timber has emerged as a viable complement
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Victoria’s largest mass timber project for students

07 April 2021
Multiplex has completed La Trobe University’s new student accommodation project at its Bundoora campus, delivering Victoria’s largest mass timber project with almost the entire structure utilising cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam beams and columns. Source: Timberbiz The new stu
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Forico’s 2.3m tonne carbon capture a reminder of the advantages of wood

07 April 2021
Tasmania’s largest private forest manager, Forico, has released its annual carbon capture statistics, boasting an absorption of 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the past financial year. Source: Timberbiz This equates to the CO2 emissions from half a million cars driven on our
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Final stages of replanting in Tarkeeth forest

07 April 2021
The final stage of a long-term operation to gradually harvest and replant timber plantations will begin this month in Tarkeeth State Forest, southeast of Bellingen. Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Plantation Manager Craig Busby said an operation would be carried out over the coming mont
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Long term water security needed to regrow forestry estate in SA

07 April 2021
A landmark Green Triangle study into plantation water use is underway in an effort to regain access to state-controlled water and stop the growing loss of forestry estate in South Australia. Source: Timberbiz Over the past five years more than 30,000 hectares of plantation has not bee
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KIPT rejects $20m offer to buy plantation land

07 April 2021
An offer to buy the fire-damaged bluegum plantations on Kangaroo Island and return them to farmland has been out to the owners. Converting Kangaroo Island’s burnt timber plantations to farming land would boost the island’s economy, provide extra jobs and reduce the fire risk, some com
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Red Stag to open new CLT plant to address NZ timber shortage

07 April 2021
Red Stag in New Zealand has announced that it will open a new wood processing plant in a few weeks to produce CLT. It is hoped that the new plant may help alleviate the country’s timber shortage according to Red Stage group CEO Marty Verry. Source: Timberbiz The plant, says Verry, wil
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