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Wooden skis of a different kind

15 March 2023
Traditionally, Finns braved the harsh winter in deep snow using an odd pair of skis; one short ski called kalhu for kicking and a longer ski called lyly for sliding. For the Finns living in the rugged nature of the North, the lyly was an innovative means of sliding across the snow qui
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Global packaging and industrial paper production lifts

15 March 2023
Latest data shows global packaging and industrial paper production lifted 6.2% or 15.3 million tonnes in 2021, as the pandemic raged strong across the world. The delayed data from the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation shows corrugated packaging production lifted 7.0% or 11.9 mill
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Froot packs second in international packaging competition

15 March 2023
After setting out to design a sustainable package for produce, a team of Cal Poly students looked to other products including beer carriers for inspiration for a design that earned second place in an international packaging competition. Source: Timberbiz “Once we decided on a product,
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Call out “Hey frog” and they answer

15 March 2023
Forestry Corporation ecologists have spent a week walking through Bondo State Forest near Tumut calling ‘hey frog’ the most effective survey technique for detecting the critically endangered Northern Corroboree Frog. Source: Timberbiz Amazingly, yelling ‘Hey Frog’ elicits
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Inaugural Carbon & Farming Conference

15 March 2023
Sustainable forestry has an important role to play in the future of WA agriculture, with both sectors coming together at last week’s inaugural Carbon & Farming Conference in Perth. Source: Timberbiz The conference featured a fantastic line-up of speakers and the official launch of
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NZ forest contractors want in with solutions for debris

15 March 2023
New Zealand’s forestry contractors are asking to be included when investigating solutions for slash and woody debris. Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA) CEO Prue Younger says FICA is keen to support the woody debris enquiry, providing valuable input from the practitioners
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Conflict timber comes into Australia with false origin labels

15 March 2023
The timber industry suspects “conflict timber” harvested in Russia and Belarus is being sold in Australia under false country-of-origin labels. Source: The Australian Australia has not banned timber imports from Russia and ­Belarus, but the Australian Border Force has imposed a 35% ta
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Vic taxpayers fork out $38m after lawfare on forestry

15 March 2023
Victorian taxpayers will fork out more than $38 million after state-owned logging agency VicForests was forced to compensate customers and contractors it could not supply with timber. Source: The Age VicForests chief executive Monique Dawson told a Supreme Court hearing on Friday it h
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CEO of Private Forests Tasmania steps down

15 March 2023
Penny Wells is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Private Forests Tasmania. After five years in the role Ms Wells is transitioning to take care of her health. She will continue to work part time to assist in the transition to a new CEO. Source: Timberbiz “Penny Wells has very
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Vic Gov’t ignores forestry contractors in favour of construction companies

15 March 2023
Victorian Government bureaucrats are handing out contracts worth between $100,000 and $461,200 to civil construction companies to clear strategic fuel breaks, rather than using out-of-work VicForests harvest & haulage contractors. Source: The Weekly Times Twenty-five of VicForests
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