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Gary Blackwood MP reviews forestry with VAFI

27 February 2019
In a recent newsletter of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) its chief Executive Officer Tim Johnston said that since the state election in late November, the association had continued in its attempts to engage with the Victorian Government. In this latest edition V
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Protecting hardwood plantations wins in science and innovation awards

27 February 2019
Fourteen winning projects were part of the Government’s Science and Innovation Awards one of these was James Kondilios’ project on geonomically adjusted seed provenancing to protect hardwood eucalyptus plantations in the face of imminent climate change. He won the Forest & W
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New Zealanders keen for joint standards with Australia on certification

27 February 2019
Fresh from returning to Australia after meetings in Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland, Simon Dorries, Responsible Wood CEO said he has been ‘blown away’ by the response of New Zealanders towards developing a new Trans-Tasman forestry standard. Responsible Wood is working with
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Boral exploring bio-refinery using sawmill residues

27 February 2019
Manufacturing giant Boral is pressing ahead with research into creating a bio-refinery in New South Wales using its hardwood sawmill residues. The $1.2 million feasibility study aims to determine the technical and financial viability of building a second-generation bio-refinery that w
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ABARES report says 490,000 hectares of new plantations needed

27 February 2019
A new report exploring the long-term potential of establishing new timber plantations in Australia suggests up to 490,000 hectares of new softwood plantations would be required by 2050 to meet demand of softwood sawlogs. The Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Austr
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NSW invests almost $40m in forestry with AFCA to benefit

27 February 2019
New South Wales Government Minister for Forestry Paul Toole announced that the Government is investing almost $40 million to support innovation and training for NSW’s forestry industry and has allocated $4.6 million to support the development of a training and certification scheme for
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Meet the Lumberjills of WW2

26 February 2019
When war was declared in 1939, Britain was almost completely dependent on imported timber but only had seven months of it stockpiled. Timber was critical to the war effort: it was needed for everything from aircraft and shipbuilding to communications and coal mining. The British timbe
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Aggressive forest thinning needed but resources thin on the ground

26 February 2019
Spurred on by the devastating wildfires of the past few years including the Carr Fire and Camp Fire, state officials in California are pursuing ambitious plans to double the amount of wildland tree and brush thinning over the next five years. But they also acknowledge it is likely to
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Komatsu to acquire TimberPro

26 February 2019
Komatsu America has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TimberPro. The acquisition is expected to close on 1 April 2019, subject to completion of the closing conditions. Source: Timberbiz Established in 2002, TimberPro is a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of purpose-built fore
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Private Forests Tasmania field day for landowners

26 February 2019
Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) and the North-West Tree Growers Group is holding a forestry field day for landowners titled ‘Invest in Trees for your future’, on Friday 29 March at Milabena (NW).  Two properties will be visited to see results of a recently harvested radiata
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