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Trees for Survival

20 May 2024
Trees for Survival Charitable Trust is calling on New Zealanders to play their part in helping to ‘reforest Aotearoa’ by donating a native tree to their nationwide school program. Source: Timberbiz The charity’s inaugural ‘Donate a Native Tree’ appeal kicks off on 27 May and will run
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Back to basics at Fisher-Price

20 May 2024
Fisher-Price unveiled its all-new wooden toy line, Fisher-Price Wood, for children ages 6 months to 5 years. The products are made with wood from FSC-certified sources and designed to last, allowing families to pass them down from generation to generation. Source: Timberbiz With early
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The Last Logging Show

20 May 2024
In this new book by Aaron Williams, this third-generation British Columbia logger returns to the forests of Haida Gwaii, to witness a way of life in the grip of change. Source: Timberbiz By the time Williams began learning how to fall a tree, his family had been making clear cuts on B
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Stora Enso CFO and Deputy CEO to leave

20 May 2024
Stora Enso’s Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO, Seppo Parvi, has decided to leave Stora Enso to assume a role with a company outside of the forest industry. He will leave Stora Enso during the fourth quarter of 2024. Source: Timberbiz “Since joining in 2014, Seppo Parvi has
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Creating a diverse understory

20 May 2024
Conversations around trees on farms are often centred on tall trees, but the importance of the vegetation layers below the canopy can’t be understated in supporting biodiversity. Source: Timberbiz Due to grazing pressure or the presence of exotic pasture grasses, many patches of remna
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NZ could rely more on biomass

20 May 2024
Regular electricity shortages over New Zealand’s colder months could be a thing of the past if New Zealand diversified its heating sources to include biomass as a fuel. Brian Cox, executive officer of Bioenergy Association said New Zealanders were getting too familiar with this messag
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Scion’s research project promising for short rotation forestry bioenergy

20 May 2024
  A two-year research project has shed light on the promising opportunities for regional New Zealand to adopt short rotation forestry (SRF) for bioenergy production. The findings show that leveraging short rotation forestry will not only diversify regional economies, but also con
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FSC Australia Annual General Meeting

20 May 2024
FSC Australia will hold its 17th Annual General Meeting of Responsible Forest Management Australia Limited (FSC Australia) and Membership Networking Event, scheduled for Thursday, 30 May at the Terrace Room, National Arboretum in Canberra. Source: Timberbiz This event promises informa
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Advancing R&D in forest and wood products

20 May 2024
Applications have opened for research projects that will advance research and innovation in Australian forest and wood products. Source: Timberbiz The first of four $5 million national open calls for forestry research projects have opened, aimed at establishing new high-value wood pro
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Responsible Wood takes to the stage in Paris

20 May 2024
In the heart of Paris, the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Forest Forum 2024 convened the 56 PEFC national governing bodies to confront the pressing challenges of climate change in forest management. Source: Timberbiz Against the backdrop of a warming world,
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