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Fabege to upscale reuseable building materials

06 March 2024
Swedish property company Fabege wants to significantly scale up the amount of materials the construction sector reuses, which is why the company has opened a reuse hub – a large, physical warehouse that exclusively stocks reused materials. Source: Timberbiz The company’s 2,000-square-
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Home Depot leads by example with FSC certification

06 March 2024
For 30 years, the US’ The Home Depot has led the industry charge on sustainable wood products – and now the retailer is strengthening that commitment. Behind most products you see at The Home Depot, there are forests. Recognising this, the world’s biggest home improvement retailer tak
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Timber investors – will they use the timber or carbon credits

06 March 2024
Investment managers who have bought up forestland are going tree by tree to figure out whether they should be felled for timber or kept up for carbon-credit generation. Source: WSJ Growing demand for credits means investing in forests isn’t just about producing timber, but it can take
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Taking a CAB to protect Australia’s biosecurity

06 March 2024
A landmark new initiative, Catalysing Australia’s Biosecurity (CAB), will see a forecast initial co-investment of more than $55 million over six years from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, government, industry and a range of partners to strengthen the nation’s biosecu
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Dutch Elm disease discovered in Waipa New Zealand

06 March 2024
A fatal and fast-spreading tree disease, Dutch elm disease, has been discovered in Waipā, New Zealand. Tests this week confirmed a tree in Te Awamutu, on private property, has the fungal disease which is almost always deadly. Source: Waikato Times The council says infected trees shoul
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Mount Gambier Forestry Centre of Excellence and tech college planned works

06 March 2024
Members for the Mount Gambier Research, Education and Training Precinct steering committee met last week to move forward plans for development in the area. Source: The SE Voice The steering committee discussed the planned work at the precinct on Wireless Road East which includes a Tec
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Hancock loses 1000 hectares of pine trees in Mount Lonarch blaze

06 March 2024
Last month, an uncontrollable blaze ravaged hundreds of hectares of timber plantation at Mount Lonarch, west of Ballarat, marking a significant loss for Hancock Victorian Plantation Holdings (HVP Plantations). The fire, which ignited on 22 February, destroyed 1,000 hectares of pine tr
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Vic Labor working slower than a snail’s pace in Gippsland

06 March 2024
Finalising fair timber industry departure packages and fast tracking the now four-year bushfire rebuild were yet again raised in State Parliament last week by Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull. Source: Timberbiz “It beggars belief that this Government is closing down an entire ind
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Labor’s election plans for Tasmanian forestry

06 March 2024
The Labor Government has promised to act immediately to provide security for the thousands of forest industry employees by ensuring open, transparent and secure access to resource by Tasmanian businesses with investments in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz And if elected at the 23 March St
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Opal to cut 220 jobs in Australia and New Zealand

06 March 2024
Opal has told workers it plans to cut 220 jobs across Australia and New Zealand businesses. Source: Timberbiz It is understood 45 jobs, mainly office staff, will go at the company’s Maryvale plant in the LaTrobe Valley. Opal, one of the Australia’s largest paper and packag
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