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Solomon Islands audits planned

27 August 2015
The export market for sawn timber from Solomons’ community operators is continuing to grow but consumers’ are increasingly demanding that it is sourced from legally and sustainably managed forests. Source: Radio New Zealand The New Zealand Imported Tropical Timber Group ha
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Auto grading and lifting of seedlings

27 August 2015
A University of Waikato graduate student has devised a system that looks set to enhance forestry planting processes. Source: Timberbiz Ben McGuinness is studying his PhD in mechanical engineering in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Originally from Gisborne, Mr McGuinness says h
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FRAME program focus is on prefab timber and engineered wood

27 August 2015
The FRAME Australia 2016 Conference and Exhibition, now in its 18th year, will be held on 23 May at Park Hyatt Melbourne with the theme “Building construction with prefabricated timber and engineered wood”. Source: Timberbiz “The 2016 event will be the largest ever held with mor
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Government may buy time for Leadbeaters

27 August 2015
In a highly sensitive move, the Victorian Government is considering a plan that could buy the logging industry out of a forest to save the state’s faunal emblem, the Leadbeater’s possum. Source: ABC News The Leadbeater’s possum is one of the most critically endangere
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Cardiff-sized woodland needed

20 August 2015
Woodland bigger than the size of Cardiff needs to be re-planted in Wales to make up for commercial forestry lost over the past 15 years, industry experts have warned. Source: BBC News They believe ministers are placing too much emphasis on the environment at the expense of trees grown
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Which country has the most trees

20 August 2015
Want to know which are the world’s most tree-filled nations? The map shows those countries with the highest percentage of forest area, according to World Bank Open Data. Source: Telegraph UK Unsurprisingly, the tropical lands of South America, the Caribbean, Africa, south-east A
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Solomon Island sustainable legal logging

20 August 2015
There are hopes that an independent organisation can be set up to ensure timber production in Solomon Islands is sustainable and legal. Source: Radio New Zealand The export market for sawn timber from Solomons’ community operators is continuing to grow but consumers’ are i
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Chopping down the competition at V8 Supercars

20 August 2015
Twenty-six year old Craig Owen from Grafton will chop in the first ever series at the V8 Supercars Supersprint at Sydney’s Motorsport Park this weekend. Source: The Daily Examiner Mr Owen will be among 10 elite competitors including former team world champion Dale Ryan from Kato
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Enviro campaigner questions NZ-Solomon Island talks

20 August 2015
Solomon Island environmental campaigner Lawrence Makili has described the recent Solomon Islands-New Zealand timber industry meeting as a “total miscarriage”.  Source: Solomon Star He said this was because reps from environmental organisations were excluded from the talks. “As an envi
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Sawmiller takes Chinese copy cats on and wins

20 August 2015
A Wooragee sawmill manufacturer has won $430,000 against a Chinese copycat and said he was trying to protect intellectual property in China that could cripple small entrepreneurs. Source: The Border Mail Lucas Mill won a patent case in China against Chinese manufacturer SSML for makin
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