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Citizen scientists work with VicForests to protect flora and fauna

09 August 2021
VicForests has praised the important role “citizen scientists’’ play in its harvesting planning. “Like everyone, we care about protecting our precious flora and wildlife in our native forests,” VicForests CEO Monique Dawson said. Source: Timberbiz. “That’s why before any harvesting we
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Queensland tops the housing scorecard

09 August 2021
Queensland has been propelled to the top of HIA’s Housing Scorecard for the first time since 2007.
The HIA Housing Scorecard report presents analysis which ranks each of the eight states and territories based on the performance of 13 key residential building indicators, including deta
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More than 1750 nail plate trusses hold together a Japanese factory

06 August 2021
Where do you find 1750 nail plate trusses in Japan?  Well, it is actually 1758 trusses, and they are being installed at ARCHIVISION21’s new state-of-the-art prefabricated modular factory that is being constructed in Chitose, Hokkaido. Source: Timberbiz If you think that is a lot of tr
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Ecological forestry can lower insurance premiums

06 August 2021
Ecological forestry, which includes prescribed burns and thinning overgrown forests, can decrease total insurance premiums by 41% for homeowners’ coverage, while a range of decreases was seen for commercial property premiums, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson and The Nature
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Carbon offset forests on fire in the US

06 August 2021
Forests in the United States that generate the carbon offsets bought by companies including BP and Microsoft are on fire as summer blazes rage in North America. Source: Financial Times Corporate net-zero emission pledges rely on such projects to compensate for the carbon dioxide gener
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China Forestry Group offers NZ scholarships to graduates

06 August 2021
China Forestry Group (NZ) Limited is offering a scholarship to support prospective graduates into the forestry industry. It is the fourth year this scholarship has been offered. Source: China Forestry Group The scholarship aims to develop the language and business skills of New Zealan
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Seed collection to restock hardwood timber plantations in NSW

06 August 2021
Seed collection is underway to grow another million native seedlings to replant another 1,000 hectares of hardwood timber plantations in State forests on the New South Wales north coast next year. Forestry Corporation’s Nursery Manager Kath French said Grafton Nursery staff were curre
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The beef with New Zealand’s Beef+Lamb survey

06 August 2021
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says the commissioned survey on forest planting rates is nowhere near robust nor detailed enough to draw a conclusion that the government should impose controls over the rate of forest planting. Source: Timberbiz Forest Owners Association presid
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FPC’s failure to deliver log contracts shutting businesses in WA

06 August 2021
The WA forestry industry is urging the State Government to provide support to businesses impacted by the Forest Products Commission’s failure to deliver on log contracts. Source: Timberbiz Sawmills and forestry contracting businesses are struggling due to poor supply, with a number of
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Prestigious Bob Hawke Landcare Award to agroforestry farmer

06 August 2021
Victorian farmer Andrew Stewart has been named winner of the prestigious Bob Hawke Landcare Award for his environmental work and sustainable agricultural achievements on his 230-hectare grazing and agroforestry property at Corangamite near Colac. Source: Timberbiz The award, which com
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