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Opinion: Robert Onfray – we continue to have policies that promote large bushfires

15 July 2022
While travelling around Australia, I have kept a close eye on land management issues and have seen many examples of mismanagement and poor practices. Through my land management experience, I have noticed how fire management is being grossly neglected in our landscape. That is why we s
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Friday analysis: if you can’t stop forestry by protesting go to court

15 July 2022
A comment was made recently that environmentalist groups would not be threatened by Victoria’s new laws designed to safeguard the State’s timber workers from protestors. They would, the comment argued, simply turn to the courts to tie such organisations as VicForests in so much red ta
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Euro paper industries support measures against worldwide deforestation

13 July 2022
The European Parliament’s ENVI Committee appears to be taking the threat represented by deforestation and illegal logging seriously, according to the Confederation of the European Paper Industries (CEPI). Source: Timberbiz Sustainable forest management is an essential principle of how
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Award winning recyclable building

13 July 2022
Triodos Bank’s new office in Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands, recently won an international BREEAM Award in the Commercial – Post construction category.  The building is made entirely of sustainable building materials, including 2,000 m3 of PEFC-certified timber. Source: Timb
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Sky-high fuel prices impact US forestry

13 July 2022
Rising fuel prices impact everyone’s pocketbook through increased costs which are driving up prices. This increase in cost is especially true for the trucking industry, which is critical to maintaining the supply chain and is often viewed as a barometer of the US economy. Source: Fore
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NZ kauri dieback budget underspent

13 July 2022
New Zealand’s Department of Conservation has underspent its budget for kauri dieback mitigation by $5.7 million over the past seven years. Source: Stuff NZ But the department says it will continue with kauri protection work, with projects this year including more track upgrades, disea
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NSW EPA starts another prosecution against Forestry Corp

13 July 2022
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has launched its second prosecution this year against Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) for allegedly failing to retain habitat for local wildlife, by felling giant and hollow-bearing tees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, near Coffs H
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Vic bureaucrats throwing more logs on the fire in Wombat Forest

13 July 2022
Victorian Government bureaucrats have sought legal backing in their second attempt to throw a hurdle in front of timber workers trying to salvage up to 500,000 tonnes of windblown fallen timber from the Wombat Forest. Source: Weekly Times Harvest and haulage contractor Jim Greenwood,
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VicForests grants program for Gippsland

13 July 2022
VicForests is establishing a program to encourage the expansion of farm forestry to help meet critical future timber and fibre requirements. Source: Timberbiz Commencing soon in Gippsland, the objective of the 2022-23 grants program is to create farm forestry demonstration sites acros
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Rod Keenan believes ActivAcre is the right way to go

13 July 2022
A program like ActivAcre that unites the timber industry and farming communities is needed, says Professor Rod Keenan. The ActivAcre Program launched in Tasmania last week, incentivising farmers in Northern Tasmania to grow trees on their land in return for a reliable, annual income.
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