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A marathon wood be much easier in running shoes

03 March 2023
And now for something completely offbeat. A Japanese runner pushed his limits at the 2023 Osaka Marathon, clocking a three-hour and 28-minute marathon while wearing traditional wooden Japanese geta sandals. Sources: Running Magazine, Timberbiz Takanobu Minoshima, a 47-year-old runner
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Cedar log prices and sawnwood stats for China and Japan

03 March 2023
Cedar log prices for China have been in a bullish trend since the beginning of the year. The Chinese government eased restrictions on the zero-Covid policy and the economy is lively again. Source: Tropical Timber Market Report The prices of radiata pine logs from New Zealand rose due
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A mulcher for the largest excavators with Bite Limiter technology

03 March 2023
FAE has increased the productivity and efficiency of its BL5/EX forestry mulcher for excavators with the new BL MAX blade. Source: Timberbiz The new BL MAX blade is the ideal addition to the king of FAE’s mulchers for excavators with Bite Limiter Technology. This technology reduces po
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New Zealand review welcomed by forestry organisations

03 March 2023
The NZ Institute of Forestry (NZIF) has said that it welcomes the Government’s intention to investigate the management of forestry land use in the East Coast. However, President James Treadwell said that it was concerned the terms of reference for this inquiry were too narrow and the
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Fines for 14 furniture importers due to illegally harvested timber

03 March 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry fined 14 furniture importers more than $186,000 last week because they didn’t act to minimise the risk of importing illegally harvested timber. Source: Timberbiz Head of Compliance and Enforcement at the department, Peter Timson sa
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A quarter of all hardwood comes from South East NSW

03 March 2023
An Ernst + Young Report shows that the timber industry in South East NSW is a critically important part of the region’s economy, supplying a quarter of NSW’s nation-building hardwood timber. Source: Timberbiz Yet the livelihoods of thousands of timber workers in the region are threate
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Australian log exports bounce back

03 March 2023
Timber log export value from Australia has bounced back after declining by around 66% in 2020. Source: The Border Watch The decline was mostly attributed to Chinese suspension of imports of all timber logs from Australia in late 2020 due to trade tensions. Log export from Portland als
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Job losses ripping through Victorian communities

03 March 2023
Victorian regional communities are feeling the brunt of brutal job and skills losses since the timber supply issues stemming from a Supreme Court order in November 2022 locking up Victoria’s native forests are causing mills to close down. Source: Timberbiz It was announced in 2019 by
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Opinion: Nick Steel – Tasmania and the Amazon at loggerheads

03 March 2023
The debate is over. Climate change is one of the biggest threats to our future. Around the world governments are responding to this threat and, in Tasmania, the forest industry is leading the charge. It’s agreed that natural forests and timber plantations are net absorbers of greenhou
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Friday analysis: A quiet election in NSW but it could spell trouble for forestry

03 March 2023
The New South Wales State election is in full swing now, and up until this week it has been an extremely quiet affair. Even the Sydney Morning Herald commented this week that people could be forgiven for not even realising there’s an election on 25 March. Cost of living is of course a
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