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Wood cuts through noisy Zooms

22 November 2021
For the past few years, many have become used to having virtual meetings in their homes. Spaces like kitchen tables, couches, spare bedrooms, and hammocks in the yard have all become “offices”. As you can imagine, many of these spaces aren’t well known for their acoustic qualities. So
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Biomass for optical applications

22 November 2021
Researchers are mapping out how biomass from plants could replace unrenewable resources in optical applications. A digital, urbanised world consumes huge amounts of raw materials that could hardly be called environmentally friendly. One promising solution may be found in renewable raw
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Wood poacher gets caught by a tree’s DNA

22 November 2021
For the first time ever, investigators have used tree DNA as evidence in court—to help convict a wood poacher. Source: Popular Mechanics In July 2021, Justin Andrew Wilke was convicted of conspiracy, theft of public property, depredation of public property, trafficking in unlawfully h
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Sunshine Coast researcher to use forest waste to fight climate change

22 November 2021
A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher is investigating how forest waste can help fight climate change and boost the incomes of farmers and landowners. Source: Noosa Today USC Sunshine Coast PhD candidate Trinh Huynh has won a 2021 Student Award from the Crawford Fund to pursue
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DesignBUILD back on in early 2022

22 November 2021
DesignBUILD will open its doors again to the building and construction industry, returning to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on 10 – 12 May 2022. The show will have a renewed focus on showcasing quality products, sustainable solutions and smart tech from some o
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Sustainable Timber Tas sustains swift parrots

22 November 2021
Pro-active monitoring and on-ground expertise from Sustainable Timber Tasmania has confirmed that migratory swift parrots have returned to search for nest sites in forests on the east coast of Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz General Manager Conservation and Land Management Suzette Weeding
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Blueprint for NZ forest and wood industry

22 November 2021
The Forest Owners Association of New Zealand says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has laid down a blueprint for the New Zealand forest and wood industry, with the release of ‘Forest Products in the Global Economy’, as part of the COP26 meeting and events in Glasgow. Source: T
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Australia a bioenergy powerhouse in a new Roadmap

22 November 2021
Australia’s potential as a bioenergy powerhouse has been unveiled in the Australian Renewable Agency’s Bioenergy Roadmap, which recognises the potential of industrial heat in Australia’s future renewable energy mix. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forest Products Association CEO Ross Ham
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Renewable timber side by side with renewable energy in NSW

22 November 2021
Renewable energy and renewable timber may soon be produced side-by-side, with the passage last week of legislation to enable clean energy developments such as wind energy to be established in New South Wales State forest pine plantations. Source: Timberbiz NSW Parliament passed amendm
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Timber troubles escalate in Victoria with workers stood down

22 November 2021
The Victorian timber industry is facing a fresh crisis with VicForests’ contractors and timber workers stood down last week because of more recent injunctions placed on the harvesting of coupes. Source: Timberbiz The timber workers union held urgent talks with forest contractors
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