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Tigercat’s new feller bunchers and harvesters

25 October 2021
Tigercat has released the 822E series feller bunchers and harvesters with the latest features and upgrades. Source: Timberbiz The 822E is the most compact track feller buncher and harvester platform in the Tigercat track carrier line-up. The powerful machine is versatile for challengi
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International conference: reviews and forecasts for the softwood market

25 October 2021
Earlier in October the 69th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held for the first time in a hybrid form, at the Clarion hotel in Helsinki and online. The Conference was hosted by Finnish Sawmills Association, which co-organized the event with the two usual partners:
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Timber trailer demand driven by international building activity

25 October 2021
Continuous building activities as a result of fast urbanisation and population growth are leading countries to invest in private and public infrastructure, such as housing, which is driving up demand for timber and, as a result, driving up sales of timber trailers. Source: TechBullion
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Leviathan wooden roller coaster to open next year in Queensland

25 October 2021
Leviathan is the first wooden roller coaster built in Australia in 35 years. Coney Island’s 92-year-old Cyclone operates to this day with the same fundamental technology and design. Source: Timberbiz This same century old technology will be utilised on Leviathan and that’s
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Great ideas come after Burgers and Beers in Tasmania

25 October 2021
The Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network (TFFPN) will host its first ‘Burgers, Beers + Bright Ideas’ event next month at Hobart’s Shambles Brewery, with plans to hold similar gatherings across the state next year. Source: Timberbiz Network Convenor, Therese Taylor said the Ta
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Permanent exotic forest carbon projects threaten sustainable forestry

25 October 2021
Concerns about the legitimacy of permanent exotic forest carbon farming projects threaten the future of sustainable forestry, Ekos chief executive Dr Sean Weaver says. Dr Weaver is the founder and CEO of Ekos, an environmental financing consulting business focusing on indigenous fores
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Trimble chosen to manage Green Triangle resources

25 October 2021
Green Triangle Forest Products has chosen Trimble Forestry’s Land Resource Manager to manage 22,000 hectares of Pinus radiata, a medium-density softwood, in the Green Triangle area in South Australia and South Western Victoria. Source: Timberbiz LRM is part of Trimble’s Connecte
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New chair of Victorian Forest Products is from HVP

25 October 2021
HVP’s Rob Hescock has been elected the new chairman of the Victorian Forest Products Association. He replaces Tony Price who has stood down due to his pending retirement in early 2022. Source: Timberbiz Mr Hescock represents the softwood plantation sector having worked in the in
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Labor MPs urged to reject native forestry shutdown

25 October 2021
Victoria’s Labor MPs have been challenged to reject the State Government’s Government plan to shut down the native hardwood timber industry by 2030. Source: Timberbiz Speaking in Federal Parliament, the Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said he supported a sustainable timber
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Richard Stanton awards presented – ForestrySA ranger wins

25 October 2021
Mount Gambier-based ForestrySA ranger Kieran Gosden has won the 2021 Richard Stanton Award for her work in sustainable forestry and communities. The award and trophy, presented remotely during Responsible Wood AGM, recognises the life of a man who was devoted to the forest industry in
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