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Rare Barn X is new in the game

10 May 2024
Commissioning a state-of-the-art new game development space in 2020, when the future of work seemed totally unpredictable, was a bold move. But it’s a move that’s paid off for the Xbox Game Studio, Rare. Source: Timberbiz Barn X, built on Rare’s existing Leicestershire, UK campus, exe
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Cat track loader to clear, load, dig and fill

10 May 2024
A track loader is the one machine that can do it all – clear, load, dig, carry, fill and more even in tough or slick ground conditions. The new Cat 973 Track Loader combines versatility with up to 10% better fuel efficiency, more productivity, cab improvements and optional Payload tec
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New Forests new MD for Africa

10 May 2024
New Forests has appointed Yida Kemoli as managing director, Africa. Mr Kemoli will be responsible for driving the strategy for New Forests’ African business, fund raising for African forestry strategies, leading the team on the ground in Nairobi, and delivering investment returns and
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Downward trend in NZ workplace injuries for forestry

10 May 2024
Safetree NZ has released the Health & Safety statistics dashboard for March 2024. WorkSafe provides statistics on forestry fatalities and workplace incidents. These investigations help inform of any key issues or trends as they come to light. Source: Timberbiz Overall, there is a
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Forestry Corp avoids criminal trial

10 May 2024
State-owned Forestry Corporation has admitted destroying precious hollow-bearing NSW habitat trees in an eleventh-hour move that avoids a criminal trial. Sources: Australian Associated Press, The Canberra Times The trial was due to start this week in the Land and Environment Court and
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ETS compliant carbon projects carry risks

10 May 2024
Forestry carbon investments have developed to become an important facet of the forestry landscape in New Zealand as investors have sought to jump on the bandwagon to decarbonise. For many investors it is an economic play where they are seeking to make economic profits as well as poten
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Limestone Coast wood fibre export inquiry given another extension

10 May 2024
The all-party South Australian parliamentary select committee which is inquiring into the exporting of wood fibre and other Limestone Coast timber matters has been granted yet another extension to its deadline. Source: The SE Voice The Legislative Council subcommittee was due to repor
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Hyne, XLam, Forestry Corp NSW and Responsible Wood out in the field

10 May 2024
In a ground-breaking collaboration, the Materials & Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance (MECLA), Hyne Timber, XLam, Forestry Corporation of NSW, and Responsible Wood joined forces to organise a transformative field trip focusing on certified sustainable forest management and ethical
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Opinion: RB McCarthy – Marcus Bastiaan’s many incorrect statements

10 May 2024
In reference to your opinion piece of the 3rd of May 2024 – Opinion: Marcus Bastiaan – VicForests hung themselves and the industry out to dry, would you please correct the many incorrect assertions. VicForests was not responsible for the current situation facing the management a
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Opinion: Peter Rutherford – Mr Bastiaan doesn’t know forestry or the ALP

10 May 2024
I am writing to make some comment on the opinion piece published in the Daily Timber News on 5 May 2024. After reading the first two paragraphs, I thought I was reading an opinion piece from one of The Age newspaper’s “environmental” reporters, so stopped reading and closed the articl
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