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US park service sequoia planting stopped by activists

06 December 2023
The US National Park Service (NPS) wants to replant sequoia groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, where wildfires in 2020 and 2021 inflicted lasting damage on the iconic sequoia forests. Environmentalists in California say it’s a huge mistake. Source: CBS News Four
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Regeneration areas are habitats for rare & threatened species

06 December 2023
According to a study by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), regeneration areas can provide habitats for rare and threatened species that depend on decaying wood, and the occurrence of these species can be increased via ecological forest management measures. Source: Timberb
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Mass timber event for Melbourne

06 December 2023
The profile for mass timber in Australia has been given a significant boost with the announcement that two key US developers will be speaking at the one-day Mass Timber//Connect event in Melbourne in February. Source: The Urban Developer The event will showcase an international line-u
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National Excellence in Building and Construction awards

06 December 2023
Tools were down to celebrate the building and construction industry’s best and brightest at the 2023 National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards in Perth. Source: Timberbiz Master Builders Australia CEO Denita Wawn congratulated the winners of the 51 award categories and f
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Partners needed to process on-island hardwood in Tasmania

06 December 2023
Sustainable Timber Tasmania is undertaking a process to identify parties interested in on-island processing of large volumes of hardwood plantation logs grown on permanent timber production zone land. Source: Timberbiz Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s eucalypt plantations have been grown
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Letters to Premier Allan from 40 businesses in forestry and timber

06 December 2023
Dahlsens is one of more than 40 Gippsland and Victorian businesses connected to the forestry sector who have written a letter to the Premier, Jacinta Allan, urging a rethink of the policy to close the native forest industry, arguing the decision has several direct and perverse uninten
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A pause in harvesting at Styx River to protect Greater Gliders

06 December 2023
Forestry Corporation has temporarily paused its renewable timber harvesting operations in Styx River State Forest today while it reviews protections for Greater Gliders on the site. Source: Timberbiz General Manager Hardwood Forests, Daniel Tuan said Forestry Corporation is committed
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Live tree for Qld Parliament bedecked with sustainable decorations

06 December 2023
The carbon and biophilic benefits of providing a fresh pine Christmas tree for the Queensland Parliamentary Annexe has been enhanced this festive season with Queensland’s Parliamentary Friends of the Forest and Timber Industry network recognising the use of sustainable decorations mad
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Appalling, inadequate compensation by Vic Gov’t say Nationals

06 December 2023
The Nationals have slammed the State Government in Victoria for offering native timber workers “appalling and inadequate compensation payouts” at the industry’s death knell. Source: Timberbiz Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use and Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Me
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White Arkitekter wins Architect of the Year

04 December 2023
During the prestigious Dezeen Awards White Arkitekter was named winner of the Architect of the Year. Source: Timberbiz The category Architect of the Year recognises the best emerging and established players in architecture and architectural practices whose work has significantly impac
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