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AUSTimber 2020/21 cancelled

25 August 2021
Announcement by AUSTimber: Cancellation of AUSTimber2020/21 It is with great sadness and disappointment that a decision has been reached to cancel AUSTimber2020/21. Like many events over the past 18 months, Austimber has faced numerous challenges, including two reschedules in 2020 res
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Build-in-Wood project EU funded to construct tall timber towers

25 August 2021
Stora Enso has joined the European Build-in-Wood project with strives to make wood a natural choice for the construction of multi-storey buildings. Build-in-Wood is an EU funded project improving the sustainability of European construction. It strives to make wood a natural choice for
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Ponsse’s steep slope harvesting solutions and webinar

25 August 2021
Ponsse’s cut-to-length forest machines have proved to be excellent harvesting solutions, also on steep slopes. Environmentally friendly and safe harvesting solutions for slopes are in high demand, especially when harvesting takes place in areas with varying terrain and steepness. Sour
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John Deere and Hitachi partnership split in America

25 August 2021
John Deere has announced it has agreed with Hitachi Construction Machinery to end the Deere-Hitachi joint venture manufacturing and marketing agreements. John Deere and Hitachi will enter into new license and supply agreements, which will enable John Deere to continue to source, manuf
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Buddha’s Bodhi tree in 12 months’ Aussie quarantine

25 August 2021
In a cultural first for Australia, a sapling from a sacred tree revered by the world’s Buddhist community has been imported from Sri Lanka in what can only be described as a great biosecurity success story. Source: Timberbiz Head of Biosecurity at the Department of Agriculture, Water
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Woodchip exports difficult to track but not impossible

25 August 2021
Almost every month, IndustryEdge is asked why it tracks woodchip vessel movements, especially into and out of Australia. After all, you rely on formal trade data for many of your other data sets. True, but the difference with woodchips is that there is often no formal trade data avail
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New woodchip equipment for Visy NSW

25 August 2021
Austrian international technology group Andritz AG will supply Visy a 243 000 m3 woodchip handling and storage system, including a Stacker Reclaimer RST360, for its Tumut Mill in New South Wales. Source: Timberbiz Visy operates eight paper mills on six sites across Australia with a co
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New Forests CEO to address National Forest Industries Symposium

25 August 2021
New Forests CEO Dr David Brand will address the National Forest Industries Symposium next week, discussing links between climate policy and a strong production forest industry. Dr Brand present will be one of the speakers at the virtual event on Wednesday 1 September. Source: Timberbi
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Australian farmers paid to plant trees

25 August 2021
More than 60 farmers across Australia could be among the first to be paid to plant more trees on their properties, in a bid to increase biodiversity while earning carbon credits. Source: Weekly Times But while the Federal Government is touting the program as the next breakthrough in a
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Forester of the Year 2021

25 August 2021
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry has announced the winners of its prestigious 2021 Forester of the Year award. In what has been an exceptionally volatile year for many, the forestry sector remains a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy. Source: Timberbiz NZIF Presid
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