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LVL telecommunications towers

07 October 2022
Stora Enso and EcoTelligent Oy will establish mass timber as the material of choice for telecommunication support structures. Source: Timberbiz The collaboration is set to provide an alternative that will reduce the dependency on steel and concrete in telecom masts, through sustainabl
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New wind park will supply UPM’s Finnish paper mills

07 October 2022
In 2019, UPM signed a Wind Power Purchase agreement (PPA) with German renewable energy development company wpd. This contract enabled the construction of a new onshore wind park in Pyhäjoki, Finland, which is now in its final stages of development; the park is starting operations in t
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Esri support to allow FSC to digitally map all FSC-certified forests

07 October 2022
As part of its efforts to protect the world’s forests, FSC is partnering with Esri, a world leading mapping technology company, to improve mapping of FSC-certified forests. Source: Timberbiz FSC has utilized Esri software for many years, but the relationship developed further through
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Hyne Timber hosts women and careers event

07 October 2022
Hyne Timber’s Tuan Mill welcomed the opportunity this week to host the Hervey Bay Zonta ‘Women and Careers’ event, showcasing opportunities for women in manufacturing. Source: Timberbiz Zonta, whose motto is to ‘Build a better world for women and girls’, coordinated the attendees made
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Forest planting is a solution to NZ biogenic methane discharges

07 October 2022
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says the highlighting of biogenic methane discharges, in a report just issued by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, is alarming and urgently calls for forest planting solutions to buy New Zealand time. Source: Timberbiz PC
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New role of Exec Gen Manager wood products at OFO filled

07 October 2022
OneFortyOne has appointed Mike Bloomfield to the newly created Executive General Manager Wood Products Australia role and Nigel Boyd general manager of the Jubilee Sawmill in Mount Gambier. Source: Timberbiz Mr Bloomfield has held the position of General Manager Sales and Marketing at
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Fed and SA governments add $3m to develop forestry and wood products

07 October 2022
$3 million for research proposals to help develop forest and wood products industries in the state’s Green Triangle has been provided by the Federal and South Australian governments. Source: Timberbiz Researchers will be able to apply for up to $500,000 to assist with projects, throug
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Orbost could lose more than a third of its workforce

07 October 2022
The East Gippsland town of Orbost believes the planned end of native timber harvesting could strip their town of more than 37% of its workforce. Source: Timberbiz A meeting in the town this week included AFCA’s Carlie Porteous, Gary Blackwood, four East Gippsland Shire Councillors, th
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Opinion: John Cameron – the Andrews government’s forestry plan very bad for Gippsland

07 October 2022
The Andrew’s Government’s Victorian Forestry Plan launched in 2019, calls for the transition from native forest timber by 2030 and from that date the log shortfall is supposed to be sourced from plantations. This exit in 2030 provides insufficient time to establish replacement plantat
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Friday analysis: Orbost – the human dilemma in the native timber industry

07 October 2022
The East Gippsland town of Orbost has become the very human face of the plight of the native timber industry in Victoria. The industry closure scheduled for 2030 has the potential to gut the town. With a population just shy of 2500, it simply cannot cope with the potential loss of a t
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