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A choir of wooden dolls for Christmas

16 November 2022
Teenage Engineering has crafted a wooden choir with in time for the Christmas season. Sources: Yanko Design, Timberbiz The choir is inspired by the company’s very first project, the Absolut Choir which debuted in 2007 as a set of 22 wooden dolls. The eight-piece ensemble of dolls sing
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Wood energy on the rise in Europe out of sheer necessity

16 November 2022
For many people in economically well-developed countries of the UNECE region a wood stove or fireplace used to be a cosy way to heat a room in the cold season. This winter however, the role of wood energy may dramatically change for many people out of sheer necessity. Source: Timberbi
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FAO research shows call to action needed to grow forestry

16 November 2022
New research, sponsored by the FAO Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-Based Industries (ACSFI) and the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and launched at the World Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt, recommends ‘a call to action’ for countries to tak
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Commercial plantations produce better water than farming or suburbs

16 November 2022
The President of New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says that once again the commercial forest industry is having to point to its science based environmental credentials to organisations such as the Environmental Defence Society which Grant Dodson says should know better. S
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Driver safety day at Hyne Timber

16 November 2022
Softwood forest growers of Southern NSW and North East Victoria joined forces with one of their major customers, Hyne Timber, to host a driver safety day and start a conversation with the forestry transport industry. Source: Timberbiz All truck drivers leaving the Hyne Timber Tumbarum
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NSW farmers say sidelining councils should be welcomed by them

16 November 2022
NSW Farmers CEO Pete Arkle has criticised environmental politics holding up rebuilding efforts across the state, saying less talk and more action is needed. At present, landholders seeking to harvest timber on their properties need to go through a duplicated approvals process at a sta
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Pine conspiracy needs reality check

16 November 2022
Farm Foresters in New Zealand are saying journalists and commentators need to educate themselves about the reality of plantation forestry. The FFA president, Graham West says ‘Frequent anti-pine rants on Newstalk ZB and in print media repeat the same misinformation about pines that is
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ABARES conference in Canberra 2023

16 November 2022
Reflecting current events and future trends, ABARES has announced ‘Global uncertainty, local challenges’ as the theme for next year’s annual Outlook conference. Source: Timberbiz As the Australian agriculture sector’s premier agenda-setting event, Outlook 2023 will be held in Canberra
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Not even Greens supporters agree with their forestry policies

16 November 2022
New polling in the hotly contested seat of Melton north west of Melbourne has shown that not even Greens supporters agreed with their policies on native forestry, while independents shaped up to be the new Greens, according to the VFPA. Source: Timberbiz The UComms polling of Melton v
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Gippsland marks the ‘death’ of timber towns

16 November 2022
Timber workers will rally in Warragul and Rosedale from 9am on Friday before driving their trucks down the Princes Freeway to Morwell, in what organisers have described as a funeral procession to mark the “death” of timber towns. Source: Timberbiz The procession of trucks,
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