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King Jarrah measured with hi-tech

11 June 2015
Curtin University researchers will use advanced laser techniques to measure a 400-year-old King Jarrah tree at Nanga in Western Australia. Source: Timberbiz Using LiDAR technology, Associate Professor Grant Wardell-Johnson and his team will use the data to produce 3D models of the 46.
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Tas government increases forestry guarantee

11 June 2015
The Tasmanian Government has increased the level of debt it will guarantee for the state-owned forestry business. Source: ABC News Tasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein has revealed he signed off on another Letter of Comfort for Forestry Tasmania (FT) in February, increasing the debt leve
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Is the sun setting or rising on forestry?

11 June 2015
Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association, Ross Hampton will speak on ‘Australian Forest Industries – Sunset or Sunrise?’ at the Forest Industry Council’s (FIC) annual dinner on 19 June. Source: Timberbiz The dinner will be held at The Club in Tumut.
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Building design and construction framed in new conference

11 June 2015
Frame 2015, which was held in early June, set the scene for opportunities and ongoing challenges for the industry to move prefab timber construction to a new level of acceptance and participation in Australia’s growing building industry. Source: Timberbiz This year’s conference,
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No logging because APRIL is no fool

04 June 2015
One of the world’s largest manufacturers of pulp and paper in Indonesia has announced it will immediately stop logging in all natural forests. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Loss of forest habitat through pulp and paper logging and palm oil plantations has pushed endangered s
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Future cars and fuel from the forests

04 June 2015
Imagine a future where minerals extracted from the ground are no longer the dominant energy source instead it is wood. Source: Timberbiz Huge eucalypt forests could provide biofuel for Bentleys and jet fuel for Boeings, while carbon-fibre car bodies could be produced from genetically
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Leaked document say Gippsland logging not viable

04 June 2015
Logging in East Gippsland is not commercially viable and cutting down native forests across the region is racking up losses of up to $5.5 million a year, internal government documents reveal. Source: The Age A leaked briefing by Victoria’s Department of Treasury and Finance to t
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RET could revive timber in Victoria

04 June 2015
The revised Renewable Energy Target (RET) currently before Parliament would provide a market for otherwise unsaleable timber, according to a document from Victoria’s state-owned forestry business, VicForests, obtained by the ABC. Source: ABC News Environment Minister Greg Hunt i
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Reforestation with 6 million seedlings

04 June 2015
More than six million seedlings are being dispatched from the Forestry Corporation’s Blowering Nursery near Tumut during a three-month operation. Source: PS News Strategy and Risk Manager at Forestry Corporation, Gavin Jeffries said the carefully measured radiata pine seedlings were b
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NZ safety council chair announced

04 June 2015
A safety council has been set up to help make forests safer workplaces. Source: Radio New Zealand The council – formed earlier this year and launched at Parliament has been set up in response to a recommendation from a panel that reviewed forestry safety last year. Dame Alison P
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