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Ai application wins for detecting insect damage in forests

01 December 2023
An artificial intelligence application developed by Metsä Group and CollectiveCrunch for detecting insect damage in forests has won the Quality Innovation Award in a competition organised by the Finnish Quality Association, Excellence Finland. Source: Timberbiz Metsä Group’s Future Sa
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PotlatchDeltic joins International Sustainable Forestry Coalition

01 December 2023
The new global body bringing together some of the world’s leading sustainable forestry companies has welcomed a new member. Source: Timberbiz The International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC) formally launched during New York Climate Week and released a hard copy of its Position
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OFO tradition to give away free Christmas trees

01 December 2023
OneFortyOne is keeping a local Christmas tradition alive, giving away free Christmas trees this December. General Manager Green Triangle Forests Deon Kriek said the radiata pines are thinned from different parts of the OneFortyOne estate. Source: Timberbiz “The trees we give away are
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Native timber industry to close next month and workers still in limbo

01 December 2023
With the native timber industry to close in Victoria at the end of the month Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has blasted the Labor State Government for its inexcusable treatment of timber families. Source: Timberbiz “As it sits, we have four weeks until the closure and the gove
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Forico MOU with HIF to develop eFuels production facility in Tasmania

01 December 2023
HIF Global, a world leading eFuels company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Forico, Tasmania’s largest private forestry manager, to support development of Australia’s first eFuels production facility. Source: Timberbiz The collaboration anticipates utilisation of a site a
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FWPA launches Softwood Timber Market Index

01 December 2023
Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) announced the launch of the Softwood Timber Market Index (TMI) to further support planning, growth and investment across the industry. Source: Timberbiz The Timber Market Index is a representative directory of historic price movements for di
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Locally grown timber is needed to achieve net-zero in Victoria

01 December 2023
The Victorian Government has reiterated its claims to action on climate change and achieving a net-zero future with this week’s legislative amendments to update targets and lock in emissions reduction goals. Source: Timberbiz To achieve these goals the state must embrace and not turn
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Opinion: Italia d’Antonio – The $875 million dollar lie from Labor. Where is our compensation?

01 December 2023
Another year on, post Covid, waiting, change of Premier still waiting, shuffling portfolios, still waiting, phone calls and emails falling on deaf ears. The Labor Party has failed once again at arriving at a fair and equitable outcome for hardwood logging contractors who are strugglin
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Friday analysis: The hardwood industry suffers while Labor pollies sit idle

01 December 2023
Four weeks. That’s all the native timber industry in Victoria and Western Australia has left. In WA, mills have been closing with alarming regularity. In Victoria it’s no better. Italia d’Antonio from North East Logging in Acheron, not far from Alexandra, about 130km northeast of Melb
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