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Enhanced taskforce activated for Nelson Tasman region

19 February 2019
The New Zealand Government has announced further support to help clean up significant fire damage in the Nelson Tasman District by activating Enhanced Taskforce Green and making NS $500,000 available. Source: Timberbiz “We’ve activated Enhanced Taskforce Green, making $500,000 availab
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OFO has an Industry Career Champion

19 February 2019
OneFortyOne has announced a new leadership role in its Green Triangle operations – reflective of its commitment to create a more balanced and diverse workplace. Linda Cotterill, a member of the company’s senior operational leadership team for the past two years, and with over 20 years
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Regional Forestry Hubs announced by Scott Morrison

19 February 2019
The Morrison Government is backing the future of forestry with the roll out of its Regional Forestry Hubs, driving investment and jobs growth for generations to come. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the development of nine Regional Forestry Hub sites will provide strategic vision f
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ABARES’s Australia’s State of the Forests Report released

19 February 2019
Australia’s forest industry is growing strongly but there is a clear need to plant more trees to keep up with demand. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Richard Colbeck, said ABARES’s Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2018 shows Australia’s forest an
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NSW Private forest management submission by SETA

19 February 2019
Private forests in New South Wales should be actively managed to produce economic benefits and provide better biodiversity than the state’s conservation reserves, according to a regional timber group. The Eden-based South East Timber Association (SETA), in a submission to the NSW Gove
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Colbeck heads meeting on issues faced by forestry

19 February 2019
Forestry ministers from the Commonwealth, the states and territories met in Melbourne on 15 February 2019 at the Forestry Ministers Meeting to discuss ways to continue to support Australia’s forestry industries. There was one similar meeting in June last year and three in 2017.
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Hurricane Michael a boon for loggers and sawmillers

14 February 2019
When Hurricane Michael’s winds pushed up the Florida Panhandle in late 2018, it took miles of the state’s timber industry with it. Landowner John Alter lost 50% of his trees in Jackson County. In all, 2.8 million acres of timber was damaged by the storm. Source: Fox13 “We had just pla
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Ontario building pushes limits in tall timber buildings

14 February 2019
An age-old building material is making a 21st-century comeback in Ontario but under provincial rules, you can’t construct a wood-frame building more than six storeys tall — but new technologies and initiatives could change that. One of the University of Toronto’s latest building proje
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Sodra allocates 100M to research

14 February 2019
The Board of Södra in Sweden has decided to allocate SEK 100 million (roughly A$15,211,67) to research, of which half will be earmarked for the development of forest management methods and technologies. Södra is Sweden’s largest forest-owner association, with 52,000 forest owners as i
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Austral Plywoods jumping through hoops for responsible forestry

14 February 2019
Using 100% Hoop Pine, sourced from HQPlantations, which is a Responsible Wood certified softwood plantation in South East Queensland, Austral Plywoods manufactures a wide range of panel products, specialising in marine plywood and appearance grade plywoods. Source: Timberbiz The produ
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