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Giant wooden dragon recalls a stormy time

03 December 2021
A giant wooden sculpture of a dragon has emerged from a north Italian forest devastated by Storm Vaia three years ago. The winged dragon, described as the largest of its kind in Europe, was created by Venetian sculptor Marco Martalar and has taken social media by storm. Source: Wanted
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Record breaking year for forestry value in UK

03 December 2021
It has been a record-breaking year for the forestry land sector, with average values more than double what they were three years ago and the total value of the forestry investment market reaching a new high, according to the latest UK Forest Market Report. Source: The Scottish Farmer
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Scion building wins PEFC world award

03 December 2021
New Zealand’s Scion Innovation Hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, by RTA Studio/Irving Smith Architects has won the PEFC Best Use of Certified Timber prize. Located in New Zealand, Scion Innovation Hub was chosen as the most outstanding of the eight shortlisted projects from around the worl
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NeXTimber engineered products backed by $63m

03 December 2021
Timberlink Australia has launched the new brand for their forthcoming engineered wood products building solutions range – NeXTimber by Timberlink. Source: Timberbiz NeXTimber by Timberlink will manufacture Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) products pro
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Ecosystem report recommends abandonment of ban on native timber harvesting

03 December 2021
A new report on ecosystem decline in Victoria has recommended the introduction of Indigenous ‘cool burn’ techniques and to abandon the Andrews Government’s 2030 ban on native timber harvesting. Source: Timberbiz The recommendations were made following a two-year parliamentary inquiry
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Gentle induction into Association Forum Hall of Fame

03 December 2021
Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association executive officer Kersten Gentle has been inducted into the Association Forum’s 2021 Hall of Fame. Source: Timberbiz The award recognises individuals who have made an outstanding high-level contribution and commitment to an association or asso
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AFCA new general manager Carlie Porteous

03 December 2021
Carlie Porteous is the new general manager of the Australian Forest Contractors Association. She brings more than 10 years’ experience in the forestry industry to the role having previously worked with all aspects of the value chain; contractors, growers, processors and government age
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VicForests responds to ABC story on forest regeneration

03 December 2021
A statement by VicForests’ was released as a response to an ABC report this week saying that: “The ABC can also reveal an official government investigation concluded that forests had not been regrown as required by the law — but decided it couldn’t take any action.” Source: Timberbiz
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Opinion: Gary Blackwood – I grieve for the Victorian native timber industry

03 December 2021
The following is an extract from the Grievance Debate in Victoria’s Legislative Assembly- Wednesday, 1 December 2021. I grieve for the Victorian native timber industry, the immediate threat to its existence caused by feral green activists, the medium-term threat to its existence posed
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Friday analysis: VicForests should be protected against vexatious litigation

03 December 2021
Lawfare. It’s a word that first saw the light of day, it is said, in the 1975 manuscript Whither Goeth the Law, which argues that the Western legal system has become overly contentious, and utilitarian as compared with the more humanitarian, norm-based Eastern system. More recently, i
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