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Defining “old growth” is a futile exercise when the forests are burning

12 August 2022
The US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are seeking public input to define and inventory “old-growth and mature forests” on federal lands in their first step toward complying with the Biden Administration’s Earth Day executive order, which identified “climate impacts, cata
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Appeal from Canada on US anti-dumping duties

12 August 2022
New countervailing and anti-dumping duties announced last week by the US Department of Commerce are unfair and will be appealed, said the New Brunswick Lumber Producers association. Source: Canadian Forest Industries “While any movement is welcomed, we maintain our position that these
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Hiab next gen Loglift forestry cranes

12 August 2022
Hiab, part of Cargotec, has launched its next generation of Loglift forestry cranes with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The first crane available to order is the Z boom crane Loglift 18Z with a maximum outreach of 10.4 metres and a maximum lifting capacity of 18 t
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Woolworths replaces plastic with locally made paper bags

12 August 2022
Woolworths decision to phase out its 15-cent reusable plastic shopping bags across its South Australian and Northern Territory stores from this week in favour of locally made paper bags so shoppers can directly support local wood fibre manufacturing jobs by using them to pack their gr
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OFO NZ exports wood chips to Japan

12 August 2022
OneFortyOne’s Kaituna Sawmill and Marusumi Whangarei Co Ltd, have signed an agreement to export wood chip to Japan with the first vessel expected to depart from Port Marlborough (Picton) before the end of the year. Source: Timberbiz Port Marlborough has been a critical partner in prov
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Henkel to produce PUR engineered wood adhesives in Australia

12 August 2022
Henkel is to produce Loctite polyurethane (PUR) adhesives in Australia from H1 2023. The adhesives will be manufactured in Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia, to serve the engineered wood industry across Australia and New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz With a growing environmental awareness sur
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Stand downs due to hardwood shortages should have Jobkeeper

12 August 2022
Timber workers who have been stood down due to hardwood shortages caused by legal challenges in forests and government policy failure should be paid by the Victorian Government under a Jobkeeper style support plan for the industry, the union representing timber workers, according to t
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East Gippsland’s Mectec sawmill to close its doors today – no timber

12 August 2022
The Mectec Sawmill in the small East Gippsland town of Newmerella is expected to close today because of reduced access to native timber, and the blame is being directed at Victoria’s Premier Dan Andrews. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals leader Peter Walsh described the nine workers at
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Opinion: Marty Verry – Treat wood processors fairly when it comes to carbon

12 August 2022
The Commerce Commission wants to encourage more competition in the market for structural timber through large-scale investment in new processing. That, though, requires the Government to start treating wood processors fairly and equitably with foresters when it comes to carbon. Intern
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Friday analysis: Eurobodalla Council’s exercise in chest thumping against native timber logging

12 August 2022
There is an old saying – that has been raised here before – that local governments should stick to handling roads, rates and rubbish and that’s it. But instead, in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of councils across Australia and overseas involved in social, politi
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