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Temporary LVL market hall disassembled and then repurposed

11 November 2022
When the grand Östermalmshallen market hall in Stockholm needed to be renovated in 2016, it was necessary to find a solution that allowed the operations in Östermalmshallen to continue without interruption. Source: Timberbiz The solution: to build a temporary building that could be re
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Post Russia’s attack on Ukraine the role of forests as security emerged

11 November 2022
Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine the role of forests for security of supply has come up. Finland’s National Emergency Supply Agency introduced the novel idea of ’security-of-supply forests’ in the country. Source: Forest Fi The concept ’security-of-supply forest’ most likely refers to
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Russia destroys 2 million hectares of Ukraine’s forests

11 November 2022
The war started by Russia destroyed two million hectares of forests in Ukraine in less than six months and caused an energy crisis according to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s news agency. Source: Timberbiz President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in an address to the participants of the 27th UN
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New study shows value and benefits of state forests

11 November 2022
Forestry Australia has welcomed a new study that highlights the significant value and benefits that state forests deliver for positive environmental, recreational, social and commercial outcomes. Source: Timberbiz The Indufor-Natural Capital Economics study found – ‘State forests…woul
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Doctors need to study more to learn about deforestation

11 November 2022
At a time when forestry has been recognised as our best chance to mitigate climate change, it’s disappointing that some doctors are calling for it to be shut down, says Forest & Wood Communities Australia (FWCA). Source: Timberbiz FWCA managing director, Justin Law, said the call
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New bill to oust councils from private logging approvals in NSW

11 November 2022
New South Wales’ Agriculture Minister Dugald Saunders has introduced a bill to amend environmental planning and assessment laws to parliament with the goal of taking local councils out of the process and extending private logging approvals to 30 years. Source: Timberbiz The curr
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The ABC’s inaccurate VicForests broadcasts slammed by media regulator

11 November 2022
The media watchdog has found that the ABC breached accuracy rules in stories about Victoria’s native forest industry. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) determined that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) breached broadcasting ru
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Vicforests forced to stop all native harvesting; annihilation of companies & communities

11 November 2022
Native timber harvesting in Victoria has stopped following last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on a drawn-out case involving Environment East Gippsland versus VicForests. Sources: Timberbiz, Weekly Times VicForests ordered the stand-down, after Justice Melinda Richards ruled the state-
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Opinion: Justin Law – regional communities treated as just collateral damage

11 November 2022
Orbost is on the brink of ruin. When you strip 114 direct timber sector jobs and around 60 support and services jobs (which equates to 36% of the town’s full-time jobs) the impact is devastating. These are real people, in a town where they can raise their children in a tight community
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Friday analysis: loggers lose their jobs as court aims to protect more possums

11 November 2022
In January 2020, a picture of fifth-generation logger Brett Robin was featured in Victoria’s Herald Sun newspaper. The picture is of Brett with an injured koala he rescued during the dark days of the massive bushfire around Mallacoota. His job was to fell dangerous trees and clear deb
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