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Buy a carbon project not just a carbon credit

23 June 2021
Larger buyers of voluntary carbon credits looking to hedge against the risk of future price increases have been buying entire carbon projects, or large stakes in them, as soon as they are certified and able to issue credits. Source: spglobal “It is a trend and I believe it will
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Trees are night owls; they grow when it’s dark

23 June 2021
Trees form new cells by using the carbohydrates they produce through photosynthesis. However, it is not primarily the availability of carbohydrates that limits growth, but the water tension in the tree, the so-called water potential, as this study recently published in the journal New
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Cartier looks to wood to stand out in Japan

23 June 2021
Klein Dytham Architecture has created a decorative wooden facade featuring a pattern of interlocking three-dimensional blocks that are individually illuminated at night for a Cartier store in Osaka, Japan. Source: Dezeen The store is situated on a corner of Shinsaibashi, the city̵
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Beijing Forestry Uni teams up with Canada for wood construction training

23 June 2021
Canadian Wood China has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Beijing Forestry University School of Materials Science and Technology (BFU). The partnership aims at building a joint platform for training construction professionals, conducting industry research, cooperating
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Hyne Community grant plugs a leak in the golf club

23 June 2021
Tumbarumba Golf Club’s new roof will be completed thanks to a Hyne Community Trust grant. The Golf Club is an integral part of the Tumbarumba community with more social members than golfers. Source: Timberbiz It is home to a broad range of community groups who access the golf club fac
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Canopy website for NZ farmers with forestry in mind

23 June 2021
A new website has been launched at New Zealand Fieldays to support the forestry sector find the information it needs to plant, grow and manage trees, and to encourage investment across the wider industry. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Minister Stuart Nash says the new Canopy website is t
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Bombala starts a record replanting program

23 June 2021
Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Bombala District has started its record 2021 replanting program with 2,400 hectares of pine plantations to be replanted into harvested areas following the black summer bushfires. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Bombala District Manager Lin
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National University Wood Challenge

23 June 2021
The Australian Government, through the National Forest Industries Plan, Growing a Better Australia – A Billion Trees for Jobs and Growth and in conjunction with Forest & Wood Products Australia, has launched the 2021 National University Wood Challenge. Source: Timberbiz The challe
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Takeover bid for KIPT falls short

23 June 2021
Samuel Terry Asset Management’s takeover bid for Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has fallen short with less than 2% of shareholders taking up the offer. Source: Timberbiz Samuel Terry Asset Management offered shareholders $1.05 per share last month which KIPT rejected as bein
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Alpine Truss held back by worldwide timber shortage

23 June 2021
A worldwide timber shortage has hampered a Wangaratta business’s plans to employ an additional 30 staff. Source: George Prothero, managing director of Tone Road’s Alpine Truss, said the shortage was being felt Australia-wide due to damage wrought on plantations by NSW bush
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