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Liberal’s $220m promise to secure forestry jobs

14 April 2022
Launceston will be home to a central hub for a National Institute for Forestry Productions Innovation if the federal government is re-elected in May. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce today that $100 million will be spent on the establishment of nationwide institute and up t
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Tigercat builds its first model for cable logging operations

13 April 2022
The new Tigercat 180 swing yarder is purpose-built from the ground up. It combines the speed and stability of conventional yarders with the mobility and simpler controls of excavator-based yarders. Source: Timberbiz The result is a powerful and versatile yarding machine for extreme te
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Applying blockchain to the forestry sector

13 April 2022
In a review recently published in the open-access journal Applied Sciences, researchers presented a systematic literature review of blockchain applications in forestry. Source: AZO Materials The application of blockchain technology is increasing steadily, with Bitcoin being the most w
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Sumitomo develops a container for tree transport

13 April 2022
Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry Corporation (SFC) has created a container to transport trees, as the group moves from trucking to rail transport to reduce its carbon footprint. The Loadstar With the help of compatriot logistics group Nippon Express, the 9.44 metre container
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Inventory report for private native, farm forestry and Indigenous forestry

13 April 2022
ABARES has released its Forest inventory for private native forestry, farm forestry and Indigenous forest sector report.  The ‘Forest inventory for private native forestry, farm forestry and Indigenous forestry’ project was developed under the 2018 National Forest Industri
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Wildlife scampers back to fire ravaged NSW forests

13 April 2022
Small native mammals including bandicoots, antechinus and Bush Rats are showing remarkable recovery two years on from the Black Summer fires, long-term camera monitoring in State forests south of Eden shows. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation of NSW Senior Field Ecologist Rohan Bi
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Forico employs Remsoft to improve operations

13 April 2022
Forico, Tasmania’s largest private forestry management company, has implemented Remsoft Operations as a solution to overcome the limitations of spreadsheet-based operations planning. Source: Timberbiz Forico sustainably manages 172,000 hectares in Tasmania, Australia of which 90,000 h
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Aboriginal clans join VicForests to restore Wombat Forest

13 April 2022
The Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation is partnering with VicForests to assist in restoring Country in the Wombat Forest following the June 2021 storms. Source: Timberbiz In June 2021 a significant storm caused widespread damage across large areas of Victoria, impacting arou
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Queensland timber industry condemns unlawful harvesting in Rinyirru national park

13 April 2022
The Queensland timber industry has condemned the actions of a native log exporter who has been convicted of unlawful tree harvesting in the Rinyirru National Park in Far North Queensland. Source: Timberbiz Chair of the Timber Queensland Hardwood Division, Curly Tatnell, said that this
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NZ’s urgent need to reopen exports to India

13 April 2022
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association wants a delegation of government ministers to urgently go to India to try to re-open the export log market there, following the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority approval for EDN fumigation of export log stacks. Source: Timberbiz Th
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