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VicForest recertified for Sustainable Forest Management

25 February 2016
VicForests has been successfully re-certified to the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management for the ninth year running. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) is a certification that provides consumers with assurance that the timber products they are buyin
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AUSTimber – industry-led initiatives for safety issues

25 February 2016
At this year’s AUSTimber, ForestWorks will host a session about the opportunities for industry-led initiatives to manage safety issues facing the industry. Source: Timberbiz Speakers at this event are: Diana Lloyd from ForestWorks who will provide an update of the FOLS Skills Verifica
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Structural timber production tech night tonight

25 February 2016
Hear about advanced solutions for structural timber production including glulam and CLT and other technology from Europe for structural timber production tonight in Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz The PrefabAUS Seminar Space will be the venue on 25 February for the event which will be at
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Drones dodge trees to follow trails

18 February 2016
Swiss researchers have come up with AI that lets small quadcopters automatically identify and follow man-made trails in forests. Source: Gizmodo They say it’s to help in search-and-rescue, but it also sounds like nanny state drones that could one day hunt me down in the woods as I dod
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Would you like some grated wood with your pasta

18 February 2016
The grocery store parmesan cheese you shake over pasta dishes may contain non-dairy filler ingredients like wood pulp, according to a report from Bloomberg. Source: The Guardian UK In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration investigated the Pennsylvania cheese factory Castle Cheese
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WA counts the timber cost of bushfires

18 February 2016
The West Australian timber industry is counting the cost of the recent South West bushfires, with more than 3000 hectares of pine plantations lost. Source: 9News Salvage operations have begun to recover as much saleable timber as possible, while the industry predicts it will cost abou
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People in straw houses throwing stones at wood

18 February 2016
An international conference at Methven in Canterbury in March will add fuel to straw-earth buildings being the way of the future for New Zealand homes and make targeted comment about a lack of vision in our forestry sector. Source: Forestryexpo Many New Zealand houses are made of natu
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One Forty One looking for workers

18 February 2016
The largest plantation owner in South Australia’s south-east, One Forty One Plantations, says it wants to harvest more pine trees, but can not due to a lack of manpower. Source: ABC Rural The company’s desire to increase its pine harvest is in stark contrast to recent issu
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TasRail takes delivery of logtainers

18 February 2016
Tasmanian freight operator TasRail says 40 new custom-built log transport containers should help ease the burden on the state’s roads. Source: ABC News The containers were funded by a $1 million federal grant. They each carry 22 tonnes of logs, and TasRail CEO Damien White said
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Greater gliders change pre logging surveys

18 February 2016
VicForests has agreed to lock up 100 hectares of forest after environmentalists discovered 15 Greater gliders. Source: ABC News Environmentalists argue VicForests has not done a good enough job at surveying the forests for protected rare and threatened species, so they are conducting
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