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Victoria recruiting 300 forest firefighters

13 July 2022
The State Government in Victoria is recruiting 300 forest firefighters to help keep Victorians safe over the upcoming fire season. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Environment and Climate Action Lily D’Ambrosio is encouraging Victorians who are passionate about protecting their communit
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Forestry Corp calls for EOI to develop wind turbine installations

13 July 2022
Installing wind turbines in just five sites in State-owned pine plantations could generate up to 2.5 gigawatts of energy a year, a registration of interest process has revealed, prompting Forestry Corporation to formally call for Expressions of Interest to develop renewable energy gen
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FSC general assembly to meet in Bali

11 July 2022
The general assembly is FSC’s highest decision-making body, and it is traditionally held every three years, bringing together leaders and decision makers from indigenous peoples, environmentalists, businesses, and many others in FSC’s membership to discuss a responsible future for the
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Domtar Corp to acquire Resolute Forest Products

11 July 2022
The Paper Excellence Group through its wholly owned subsidiary Domtar Corporation, a global diversified manufacturer of pulp and specialty, printing, writing, and packaging papers, and Resolute Forest Products have entered into an agreement under which Domtar will acquire all of the o
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Four-legged forestry creature to help Japan’s labour shortage

11 July 2022
The yellow, four-legged robot walks up a grass slope, then marches through a forest full of twigs. It even mounts a stump and then climbs down unassisted. Source: The Japan Times It’s part of a trial run by Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) and SoftBank Corp usin
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Fee increases for FPP applications and tree fern tags

11 July 2022
New fees for FPP applications and tree fern tags will become effective from 1 July 2022. The fee for application to certify a forest practices plan and for the purchase of tree fern tags is set annually by Tasmania’s Treasury in accordance with the Fee Units Act 1997. Source: Ti
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Pulp prices continue to rise

11 July 2022
Around the world, commodity prices are high because supply is uncertain and stressed supply chains are denuded of inventory. As consumers of pulp rush to ensure they meet their minimum needs – let alone replenish their inventories – pulp prices continued their upwards rise in May. Sou
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Taming of the screw

11 July 2022
A world-first robotics technology has been trialled on a construction site in Perth demonstrating the vast potential of mass timber building projects. It’s a power drill, but not like one you’d find in the local hardware store. Source: Timberbiz QUENDA-BOT is a robot uniquely designed
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Australian awards highlight renewable sustainable packaging

11 July 2022
Sustainable, renewable fibre packaging has featured heavily at the Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards, showing the diversity, functionality and beauty of paper and cardboard as a packaging material. Source: Timberbiz “Fibre-based packaging solutions were finalists in
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Trans-Tasman Standard in the NZ market

11 July 2022
Responsible Wood CEO Simon Dorries and Sustainability Manager Matt de Jongh have been travelling throughout New Zealand, introducing the new AS/NZS 4708 Sustainable Forest Management standard to the NZ market. Source: Timberbiz This included hosting a workshop at SCION House, Rotorua,
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