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Calling a spade, a smart shovel

11 May 2022
A ‘smart spade’ which identifies exactly where to plant a tree seedling is just one of the new technologies in the seven-year NZ$25.5 million Precision Silviculture development project. Source: Timberbiz The newly elected President of New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association, Gra
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The State of Canada’s Forest report released

11 May 2022
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has released its annual report, The State of Canada’s Forests, the theme of which is Canada’s forests provide solutions to a changing world. Source: Timberbiz In his opening message, the Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, expl
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IKEA leaves Russia but Russians keep producing IKEA

11 May 2022
After IKEA left Russia, local furniture factories continued to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands, according to the Russian Association of Furniture and Woodworking Industries of Russia (AMDPR). Sources: Lesprom, Timberbiz As the association said in its first quarter repo
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Tigercat’s harvesting head for wheel carriers

11 May 2022
As a part of Tigercat’s overall strategy to provide end-to-end CTL harvesting systems, the company has released the new 534 harvesting head. The 534 is a robust, high performance harvesting head well matched with the Tigercat 1165.Source: Timberbiz With a base weight starting fr
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Work starts on Kaituna sawdust powered drying kilns

11 May 2022
A New Zealand sawmill’s decade-long environmental journey reaches another milestone as work starts on new drying kilns powered by sawdust. Sources: Stuff, Timberbiz Ever since the sawmill started measuring emissions about a decade ago, the team has been on a mission reduce them. OneFo
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No scientific evidence to back WA decision to cut native forestry

11 May 2022
Forestry Australia’s Western Australian Branch has refuted claims made by Minister for Forests Dave Kelly who suggested timber yields in WA’s forests are declining, that the state’s forests are no longer productive, and that the decision by the State Governments to end native forest h
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Australians’ definitive vote for timber and paper production

11 May 2022
Commissioned research by the South Australian Forest Products Association has found more than nine in 10 Australians want the next Australian Government to keep manufacturing of sustainable paper, packaging, and toilet paper, onshore and local. Source: Timberbiz The May 2 UComms poll
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Forest & Wood Communities progresses with national membership manager

11 May 2022
One of the Gippsland timber community’s most respected members has joined Forest & Wood Communities Australia as National Membership Manager. Felicia Stevenson, who is president of the Heyfield Timber Festival committee and whose family has been in forestry for three generations,
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CFMEU calls on Liberals to adopt Labor strategies

11 May 2022
The union representing timber workers has written to Liberal and National Party Members and candidates in timber seats calling on them to adopt key planks of Labor’s Forestry and Forest Products strategy released last week. Source: Timberbiz These include initiatives announced by Labo
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Illegal protestors block traditional owners in Wombat forest

11 May 2022
Illegal green activists were showing no respect for the traditional owners of the Wombat State Forest, blockading planned salvage harvesting needed to restore country. The Dja Dja Wurrung have commissioned VicForests to undertake extensive surveys and arrange salvage harvesting of win
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