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Growing colour-full wood in New Zealand

10 January 2019
Staining or painting timber is the traditional way to add colour to wooden products, but that colour is only surface deep and any scratching or resurfacing can remove the colour. Now a full thickness colour technology has been developed by Scion that fixes a colourful dye throughout t
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Skills Standards Development Projects Update

10 January 2019
Advances in Woodmachining and Sawdoctoring Project and the Sawmill Timber and Process Optimisation Project are currently in the development phase. These projects commenced with the establishment of Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) in late August 2018. Following feedback and consul
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Forest Practices Awards nominations open

10 January 2019
The Board of the Forest Practices Authority (FPA) invites nominations for the Forest Practices Awards, these recognise excellence and continuous improvement in forest practices. The winners will be presented with Forest Practices Certificates of Excellence at an awards ceremony in 201
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AFCA workshop for log haulage code

10 January 2019
The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) will hold a workshop to discuss the draft Log Haulage Code (LHC) and identify key areas for discussion to inform the contents of the code. A representative from Sparke Helmore Lawyers will make a presentation at the workshop outlini
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Forestry: Protecting an ancient practice with new tools

10 January 2019
Illegal deforestation is one of the most critical issues impacting the forestry industry today. It has a negative impact on the environment and casts a dark shadow over companies who are participating in sustainable, responsible and legal logging. The Australian Department of Agricult
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NZ incentives for tree planting include climate change vision

10 January 2019
New Zealand has deepened the environmental role of forestry as part of its $NZ480 million, 10-year plan to plant one billion new trees by 2028. The Minister for Forests, Shane Jones, said NZ had now included permanent forests as part of changes to its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) sh
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H&M, Ikea joined by Stora Enso in TreeToTextile venture

08 January 2019
TreeToTextile is a joint venture between H&M group, Inter IKEA group and innovator Lars Stigsson, with the aim of developing new textile fibres in a sustainable way at attractive cost levels. TreeToTextile announced that Stora Enso will join this partnership and support the indust
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Call for review on international policy for biotech research

08 January 2019
A coalition of forest scientists, including Steve Strauss of Oregon State University, is calling for an immediate review of international policies that the group says put unreasonable and harmful limitations on biotech research. This petition follows on the release of a major report o
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11 Predictions for Global Wood Consuming Industries in 2019

08 January 2019
Forests2Market, which predominately focuses on the US and the American continent, has provided its predictions for 2019 which come from a US view of the world. The company is a provider of global timber pricing, cost benchmarks and in-depth analytics for participants in the wood raw m
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Round two NFPI Centre Project Applications open

08 January 2019
The National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NFPI) promotes innovation in Australia’s forest products industry. The Australian, South Australian and Tasmanian Governments combined initial commitment of $8 million has two National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Cent
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