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Commonwealth Forestry Association Young Forester Awards open

19 March 2019
As part of the Commonwealth Forestry Association’s commitment to supporting the professional development of young foresters they have announced the launch of the CFA Young Forester Award 2020 in conjunction with the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. This is op
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$75m Supreme Court action against IOOF underway

19 March 2019
Backed by an Australian leading litigation funder, IMF Bentham Limited thousands of Australian retirees, who lost everything after investing in a forestry scheme in the 1980s, will finally get their day in court against IOOF. The Supreme Court of NSW has scheduled the hearing over eig
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NZ pilot scheme for release-to-work prisoners in forestry

19 March 2019
A pilot scheme will see release-to-work New Zealand prisoners training and working in the forestry sector as part of the One Billion Trees Program, New Zealand Forestry Minister Shane Jones and Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis announced. The pilot – jointly developed by Te Uru Rākau
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Libs & Nationals demand Tumut-Tumbarumba Forestry Hub fast-tracked

19 March 2019
The Liberal and National Party candidates vying for the federal electorate of Eden-Monaro in NSW, have demanded that the Tumut-Tumbarumba region be included in the initial list of ‘pilot’ Regional Forestry Hubs. Source: Timberbiz Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced in February tha
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Australian made office furniture under pressure as items leap

19 March 2019
Australia’s office furniture manufacturers are under increasing pressure from imports, the latest analysis from IndustryEdge shows. In 2018, imports lifted 20% to a record 1.450 million items, while the average import price fell more than 10% over the year. Source: Timberbiz “Our clie
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Great Koala Park won’t save koalas just devastate communities

19 March 2019
The peak industry groups representing NSW’s timber and forest products industries slammed NSW Labor’s recommitment today to lock up large swathes of sustainably managed production forest under the guise of the Great Koala National Park, with no evidence that it will lead to better con
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Too many possums & walkers for Victorian logging to continue

19 March 2019
Uncertainty over the future of Victoria’s native forest industry has deepened as more sites of the official “critically endangered” Leadbeater’s Possum have been found, and negotiations continue over the East Gippsland forest set aside for industry where the Andrews Government designa
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Canadian FSC wants to raise the forestry bar

14 March 2019
A new bar will soon be set on what counts as sustainable forestry, holding potential implications for the future of the woodland caribou and of the forestry industry itself. After years of debate, the Canadian division of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) hopes to have its updated
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Roundwood prices surge in Sweden

14 March 2019
Sweden’s forest industries have the capability to produce high-quality, high-margin wood products in large part due to access to quality wood raw materials. Like all forest economies, the raw material supply plays a crucial role in the forest industry’s long-term success and abi
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$33m in penalties for Lumber Liquidators flooring debacle

14 March 2019
Lumber Liquidators has agreed to pay US$33 million in penalties for misleading investors about formaldehyde in its laminate flooring products, the SEC announced. In early 2015, Lumber Liquidators made false public statements in response to a “60 Minutes” report that showed
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