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Recovery grants vital for Indi timber companies to advance

29 January 2021
Long-awaited bushfire recovery funding of $10.4 million will prove vital for Indi-based timber processing companies to innovate and protect jobs, according to Indi MP Helen Haines. Source: Timberbiz Dr Haines said Wangaratta’s Alpine MDF, Benalla firms D&R Henderson and Ryan &
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WA poll shows voters want to grow more local timber

29 January 2021
Regional polling results have revealed that more than 80% of South West voters want the WA Government to do more to support and grow local timber industry jobs and decrease a reliance on timber imports. Source: Timberbiz The uComms poll, conducted during mid-January 2021, surveyed mor
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Institute of Foresters Dr Lachlan McCaw recipient of Australia Day Honours

29 January 2021
Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers director Dr Lachlan McCaw was awarded the prestigious Australian Fire Service Medal as part of the Australia Day Honours. Source: Timberbiz Dr McCaw received the medal, which recognises distinguished service by members
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Tassie MP Julie Collins given forestry portfolio

29 January 2021
Tasmanian MP Julie Collins has been appointed Shadow Agriculture Minister in a reshuffle of Labor’s front bench. Ms Collins was taken from the aged services portfolio to agriculture which includes the forestry portfolio. Source: Timberbiz She replaces Ed Husic who was appointed in Nov
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Opinion: Peter Rutherford on a wilderness myth of conservation

29 January 2021
Recent findings from a bushfire recovery project report should not provide anything new to experienced forest scientists and land managers. One exception is the changing language. For example, the “epicormic buds” under the eucalypt bark, are now referred to as “reco
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Friday analysis: Burning issues including a new shadow forestry minister

29 January 2021
South Australia had the first real bushfire of the season at the weekend. Sadly, homes and buildings were lost. Trees were lost. But it was short, sharp and brought under effective control through the efforts of Forestry SA, the CFS, crews from the Department of Environment and Water,
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Popular integrating trees into farms workshop in NZ

27 January 2021
Spaces are filling fast for a workshop being held in Te Kūiti on the North Island of New Zealand in February on integrating trees and forests into the farm business. The first of the two workshops was held in Karāpiro last November, with some farmers missing out because all spaces fil
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Grow your own table

27 January 2021
MIT researchers have proposed a method to grow plant-based materials, like wood and fibre, and have demonstrated the concept by growing a culture of wood-like cells from zinnia leaves. Source: Timberbiz It takes a lot to make a wooden table. Grow a tree, cut it down, transport it, mil
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IKEA commits to future forest positive agenda

27 January 2021
IKEA has been committed to using its size and reach to eliminate forest degradation and deforestation around the world. Now the company has announced its forest agenda for 2030 that it hopes will enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change and drive innovation to use wood in even sm
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The State of Canada’s Forests

27 January 2021
Canada’s forests are poised to adapt to a rapidly changing landscape. That’s the key message found in the latest edition of the State of Canada’s Forests report, updated in December 2020. Source: Timberbiz Published annually by the Canadian government, the theme of the 2020 report is
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