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Marker-free tracing of logs

15 December 2023
Timber is a valuable natural resource, which is why Fraunhofer IPM and its partners are developing a mark-free procedure for identifying logs and trunk sections. The aim of the DiGeBaSt project is to be able to trace individual logs from when they are felled in the forest to when they
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Mazda goes into forestry

15 December 2023
Mazda Motor Corporation and Mitsui & Co have concluded a sales and purchase agreement covering J-Credits generated through appropriate forest management targeted toward the creation of a carbon-neutral society. The Credits are certified by the Japanese government under the J-Credi
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CarbonScape develops wood-based graphite

15 December 2023
Graphite is essential for making lithium-ion batteries. In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal, it accounts for up to half the weight of a typical battery today. Source: Clean Technica (edited by Timberbiz) While the world slept through the first two decades of the 21st Century
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China timber ban caused SA to broaden its horizons

15 December 2023
When China closed its doors to Australian timber exports, the local timber industry faced challenges and explored diverse markets to secure a positive future. Source: The SE Voice China lifted the ban on Australian timber exports for the first time in more than two years in May, follo
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New home sales low all year long

15 December 2023
Sales of new homes nationally have remained low throughout 2023 and this will see the volume of houses commencing construction continue to contract into 2024 according to the latest HIA New Home Sales report. Source: Timberbiz HIA Chief Economist Tim Reardon said the only exception to
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Game changing AI cameras commissioned in SA

15 December 2023
The first two of the game changing artificial intelligence (AI) powered bushfire camera detection and monitoring systems is now operational at Comaum, south-east South Australia. Source: Timberbiz The Pano AI system, being implemented for the first time commercially in Australia, will
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Additional funding for forestry data

15 December 2023
The Federal Government’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook has delivered almost $10 million of additional Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics funding over four years as well as additional ongoing funding to deliver forestry data analysis to support industry dev
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Opinion: Gavin Butcher – WA should let go of pine plantations

15 December 2023
South Australia did it in 2012. Victoria managed it back in 1998, Queensland in 2010, Tasmania in 2017. Only WA and NSW have held on to their pine plantations as commercial businesses. Why have most States decided to relinquish these massive estates…and realised significant financial
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Friday analysis: SA is finally benefitting from AI

15 December 2023
Two problems have been solved, or partly solved, in the Green Triangle. The first is a guarantee of $15 million to boost reliable mobile telephone network throughout the Limestone Coast, and the second is the introduction of AI detection of fire outbreaks. It is clearly ridiculous tha
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Sumitomo Forestry top scorer in homebuilding industry index

13 December 2023
Sumitomo Forestry was named in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), a globally renowned ESG investment equity index. In this index, Sumitomo Forestry was the top scorer in the homebuilding industry. Source: Timberbiz Sumitomo Forestry was also included in the Dow Jon
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