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Komatsu C144 has a new valve bank

21 November 2022
Komatsu C144 has improvements that will increase the reliability and performance of its harvester head. Source: Timberbiz With the year model update comes the introduction of a new kind of valve bank that offers several benefits. It is the same type of valve bank that was developed fo
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Timberter tech to stop illegal logging in Brazil

21 November 2022
The governor of Rio Grande do Norte Ms Fatima Bezerra and Timbeter CEO Anna-Greta Tsahkna have signed a cooperation agreement with Estonian Environment Minister Madis Kallas to implement Timbeter technology to stop illegal logging and enhance transparent forest management in the Brazi
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$20m in grants to increase wood processing in US

21 November 2022
The Biden-Harris Administration announced US$20.5 million in grants to help states or federally recognized tribes establish temporary bridge programs to protect water resources during forest-related operations and to assist wood processing facility owners to establish, reopen, retrofi
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PBS vehicles to have access to broader range of tyres

21 November 2022
Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles will be able to use a broader range of tyres from 1 December 1, enabling the PBS scheme to better support and promote the next generation of smarter, safer and more productive vehicles. Source: Timberbiz The new approach will remove the restr
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New supporting statement logo from Responsible Wood

21 November 2022
After consultation with certified forest managers and chain of custody certificate holders from around Australia, Responsible Wood has launched a new Sustainably Grown, Australian Made supporting statement logo to help promote its core values. Source: Timberbiz The supporting statemen
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Australia has high ambitions to end plastic pollution

21 November 2022
Australia will join the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution that has set the ambitious goal of ending plastic pollution by 2040. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Forest Products Association’s Victor Violante welcomed the Federal Government signing up to the pledge and. Mr
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ANZIF 2023 conference in Coolangatta

21 November 2022
The brightest forestry minds from Australia and New Zealand will come together next year to share knowledge on how to best manage both countries’ forests and the wide range of values they offer society. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia and the New Zealand Institute of Forestry hav
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NZ’s first forestry expo attracts 5000

21 November 2022
New Zealand’s first forestry expo event, the Fast & Forward Forestry Expo, was held in Rotorua 18-19 November with an estimated 5000 visitors through the gates over the two-day event. Source: Timberbiz Brought together by the Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA), CEO Pru
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First female Chief Forest Practices Officer for Tassie replacing Peter Volker

21 November 2022
Anne Chuter has been appointed as the incoming Chief Forest Practices Officer for the Forest Practices Authority in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz Ms Chuter is a forest practices officer with extensive practical experience in environment management within a wood production landscape, tec
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Vote Nationals – the call to save the timber industry in Victoria

21 November 2022
With polling having opened in Bairnsdale for this weekend’s State election in Victoria, and the first votes having already being cast, the sitting Member for East Gippsland Tim Bull, says saving the timber industry in East Gippsland is only one reason to vote Nationals. Source:
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