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Forestry mulcher for compact tractors

24 May 2023
SEPPI’s range of forestry mulchers for tractors and PTO tractors has been expanded to include a new forestry mulcher. SEPPI M mulchers already cover tractors in the highest power class. This time, the focus is on compact tractors with the aim of offering an efficient maintenance tool
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Wood the new space material

24 May 2023
A team from Kyoto University and Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry confirmed that wood is highly durable in orbit after a 10-month experiment on the International Space Station, paving the way for plans to launch a satellite made from wood next year. Source: Nikkei Asia The d
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EU council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide

24 May 2023
The Council of the EU has given the final go-ahead to a regulation that aims to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products that are placed on or exported from the EU market. Source: Timberbiz The EU is a large consumer and trader of commodities
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$6M for forestry and wood products innovation

24 May 2023
Australia’s forest and wood products industries are set to benefit from more than $6 million of new research funded through the Mount Gambier Centre of the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI). Source: Timberbiz Support has been extended for eight new projects to
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Strategic Forest and Renewable Materials Partnership – a new forum

24 May 2023
Australia’s forest and wood products industries are set to benefit from 15 new appointments to the newly developed Strategic Forest and Renewable Materials Partnership – a forum for representatives of forestry industries, unions, and government to consult, exchange advice and informat
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Andrews government’s knee jerk reaction leaves industry stunned

24 May 2023
The Andrews government has axed harvest and haulage contractor Rob Brunt and his 15 workers’ jobs, along with those of another 550 Victorian timber workers. Source: Weekly Times “My contract (with VicForests) runs out at the end of June, and I’ll have to make them (workers) redundant,
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Andrews callously ignores timber families says Melina Bath

24 May 2023
The Andrews Government’s early closure of Victoria’s native timber industry is false environmentalism, false economy and false hope for workers said Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use and The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath. Source: Timb
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Andrews Gov’t has failed all Victorians even the Greens

24 May 2023
Forestry Australia is dismayed by the announcement to stop native forest harvesting in Victoria at the end of the year, highlighting that the government has failed all Victorians in making this decision. Source: Timberbiz The Victorian Government’s decision to end native forest harves
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CFMEU to compel Vic Govt to renegotiate support packages

24 May 2023
The union representing timber workers will mobilise its members and their communities to negotiate a better worker and community support package in light of the devastating news that the Victorian Government will shut down the State’s hardwood industry in the next six months. Source:
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Rationality did not prevail so Andrews put a quick end to native forestry

24 May 2023
The timber industry has universally condemned yesterday’s announcement that the Victorian native timber industry is to be shut down by the end of this year. The decision has been described as flawed, disgraceful, gut-wrenching and devastating. Source: Timberbiz “This Government&
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