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Pivotal pledges at COP26 to restore forests and combat climate change

03 November 2021
A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet’s forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and with that deal came a long list of commitments from public and private sector actors to combat climate change, curb biodiversity destruction and
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Amsterdam mandates all new buildings must have timber

03 November 2021
The city of Amsterdam has mandated that all new buildings in the Dutch capital must be constructed from at least 20% wood or other biobased materials from 2025. Source: Dezeen The agreement, which is named the Green Deal Timber Construction, has been signed by all 32 municipalities in
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Ponsse supplies 11 new simulators for students

03 November 2021
Ponsse and Lapland Education Centre REDU launched an advanced simulation-based learning environment in Rovaniemi, Finland. This involves the largest simulator deal in Ponsse’s history. Source: Timberbiz The simulation learning environment was created through collaboration between Pons
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AFCA call for board members

03 November 2021
Nominations are open to join the board of the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA), the association is keen to increase participation on the board with members from Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, especially those with experience in native forestry. Source
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New NZ Standard for agrichemicals released after first review in 17 years

03 November 2021
Disease and pest free animals and crops rely on agrichemical use. Pesticides, detergents and sanitisers are a critical component of New Zealand’s NZ$48 billion agricultural sector. Source: Timberbiz The recently released and updated ‘NZS 8409:2021 Management of agrichemicals’ provides
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Howitt Society critical of Parks Victoria’s land management

03 November 2021
Parks Victoria’s draft land management strategy has been strongly criticised by the Howitt Society for completely ignoring the biggest threat to Victoria’s native forests – massive wildfires. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The society, in its submission to the review of the draf
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Australian and NZ ArborGen sells nursery assets to consortium

03 November 2021
Tree seedling company ArborGen has agreed to sell its New Zealand and Australian assets to a consortium led by Hugh Fletcher for NZ$22.25 million. ArborGen is one of the last remnants of the former Fletcher Forests, and has a range of nurseries producing seedlings for the timber and a
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AKD opens its doors to apprentices, graduates and gap year employees

03 November 2021
AKD has begun the process for employing its 2022 intake of apprentices, graduates and gap year employees. As the Australian community finally starts emerging from the past 12 months’ challenges, AKD will bring in more than 30 new employees through three talent programs across the coun
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Forestry commits to COP26 but state governments need to rethink native wood

03 November 2021
Australia’s forest industries have welcomed and expressed their support for a commitment by world leaders at the Glasgow Climate Change Summit to halt deforestation by 2030. Australian Forest Products Association CEO Ross Hampton said forests were the world’s lungs and needed to be su
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Forestry Now – the State of the Industry Review

03 November 2021
The past two years has been a period of upheaval within the timber industry nationally with bushfires, COVID lockdowns, China, plans to halt the native timber industry in at least two States and legal challenges to the timber industry as a whole. We believe the time is right to take a
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