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Mammoth forwarder is powerfully productive

03 June 2022
Ponsse’s Mammoth forwarder is powerful in terms of productivity and expands Ponsse’s forwarder range to the new category of 25-ton load carrying capacity. Source: Timberbiz Equipped with the stepless Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) system and the Ponsse K121 loader, the Mammo
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US puts $32M in fund for wood innovations and community wood grants

03 June 2022
US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced more than US$32 million to fund 2022 wood innovations and community wood grants. Bolstered by US$12 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these grants aim to expand the use of wood products, strengthen emerging
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Nippon Paper’s new subsidiary in Australia

03 June 2022
Nippon Paper Industries has established a new local subsidiary in Melbourne, Australia to further strengthen its liquid packaging carton business and facilitate global business expansion. Source: Timberbiz In recent years, the transition toward sustainable packaging solutions is expec
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Hungry koalas to be fed by Forestry Corporation

03 June 2022
Forestry Corporation of NSW has delivered 25,000 koala food tree seedlings to the Friends of the Koala’s Lismore nursery to support north coast koala conservation groups’ efforts to establish habitat on private land. Source: Timberbiz With wet weather rife across the region, all invol
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Forestry scholarships in NZ open and offer young students a career

03 June 2022
Applications are now open for NgÄ Karahipi Uru RÄ kau (Forestry Scholarships) for study in 2023, giving young people a foot in the door to a career into one of New Zealand’s biggest primary sectors. Source: Timberbiz There are nine scholarships available to those studying the Bachelor
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National launch of ForestFit a fitting end to a vital development

03 June 2022
The concept brainstormed across the whiteboard had been attempted before.  The difference this time around was everyone involved knew that what was being proposed would need to be recognised by industry nationally to succeed. Source: Timberbiz Securing funding and bringing together th
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Timber Queensland looks forward to $300M from new Federal Government

03 June 2022
Timber Queensland has welcomed the Albanese Government’s announcement of the new Ministry tasked with an ambitious growth plan for the timber industry, and in the regions. Source: Timberbiz Timber Queensland’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mick Stephens said the industry was looking for
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SA state budget reaffirms commitment to forest industries

03 June 2022
The new Malinauskas-Labor Government State Budget handed down today by Treasurer Mullighan has re-affirmed the Government’s commitment to South Australia’s forest industries and support for the Limestone Coast region. Source: Timberbiz In the lead up to the recent State Election, the
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Opinion: John Lord – planting more plantations is stuck between a rock and a hard place

03 June 2022
I despair. Industry is calling on our governments to fix its woes, a lack of resource, asking them to plant the trees industry needs. Other sectors don’t do this. They get on with coping with material supply issues and let the marketplace drive whatever incentives are needed. Why is i
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Friday analysis: Greens senator willing to break the law to protest and lose her position

03 June 2022
So, Victorian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe says she is willing to risk losing her parliamentary position to continue protesting native logging. She is, apparently, prepared to break the law to make her point. Source: Timberbiz The laws she is prepared to break are contained in a Bill b
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