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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

23 August 2018
Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. 698,099 m3 – Imports of Dressed Sawn Softwood (most of which
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NZ government doubles funding for tree planting

23 August 2018
The New Zealand government is doubling to nearly NZ$500 million the funding for forestry planting from its Provincial Growth Fund, meaning one-sixth of the $3 billion, three-year fund will be spent on trees. Source: Scoop Media Regional Development Minister Shane Jones announced the b
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Nominations for Richard Stanton Memorial Award

23 August 2018
  Responsible Wood is calling for nominations in this year’s coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence in Forest Management. Source: Timberbiz This is the fourth year of the award which pays tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management. Richa
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QUT program tackles production challenges in manufactured timber

23 August 2018
A new pilot program has been launched by Weathertex and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to understand the chemical changes that take place during the production of external timber cladding. Sources: FWPA, Timberbiz A collaboration between industry and academia, the intended
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Wood on a knife edge

21 August 2018
Canadian design house Maison Milan has produced a multi-functional wooden kitchen knife. The implement consists of a solid walnut blade attached to a stumpy cast-iron handle that enables it to stand upright without any support. Sources: FWPA, Maison Milan, Timberbiz Conceived by Maiso
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Peatlands management in Indonesia

21 August 2018
Found in more than 80 countries and covering only 3% of the world’s land but storing 30- 40% of soil carbons, tropical peatlands have the potential to play a large role in the future of climate change. Source: Timberbiz The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) with the s
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Market statistics on dashboard for the EU

21 August 2018
The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has launched a dashboard that provides access to statistical data on imports into the European Union (EU). Source: Timberbiz These are imports of timber, paper and pulp from the 15 countries eith
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Race to plant 1.7 million seedlings in WA

21 August 2018
It was a race against time to get the Forest Products Commission’s (WA) newest pine plantation planted. Manager silviculture Graeme Hobson said that the 1300 hectares of plantation was planted with around 1.7 million seedlings. Source: Timberbiz “We were trying to get it all planted b
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New marketing comms manager for Responsible Wood

21 August 2018
Ahead of his appointment this week as marketing and communications officer for Responsible Wood, Jason Ross was well-equipped with the facts, figures and features of sustainable timber production in Australia. Source: Timberbiz Meeting with personnel at Timber House in Brisbane, Mr Ro
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OneFortyOne purchase of Nelson Forests confirmed

21 August 2018
OneFortyOne (OFO) has received confirmation that the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has approved its purchase of Nelson Forests. The completion date for the purchase will be Tuesday the 4th of September 2018. Source: Timberbiz Nelson Forests, currently owned by investment funds advi
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