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More research into forest fires needed

07 June 2018
The Institute of Foresters of Australia is calling on the Federal and State Governments to fund further scientific research into the important and complex role that fire plays in the evolution and maintenance of Australian ecosystems. Source: Timberbiz The Climate Council reports that
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Dr Hosking Officer of the NZ Order of Merit

07 June 2018
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry congratulates Dr Gordon Hosking for his recent appointment as an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit, for services to Conservation. Source: Timberbiz Dr Hosking has been a member of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry since 1977, and his achievemen
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Predict forestry climate change at the click of a mouse

07 June 2018
Forest managers will be able to gauge the likely effect of climate change on growing conditions in their specific areas with a new interactive online tool developed by the CSIRO with funding from Forest & Wood Products Australia. Source: Timberbiz The free Forest Climate Risk Tool
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

07 June 2018
Softwood log prices $141.52/m3 – as Australia’s softwood log exports continue to grow, the average price of larger dimension (>15cm diameter) logs was AUD141.52/m3 in March 2018 17,566 m3 – sawn softwood exports in March remain small, less than one-quarter monthly import volumes. T
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OFO grants to Stand Like a Stone

04 June 2018
Stand Like Stone has announced the recipients of grants from the 2018 OneFortyOne (OFO) Community Capacity Building Grants. Source: Timberbiz The partnership commenced in 2014 and has to date distributed $80,000 across eight charitable projects that have built capacity in the Limeston
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Hyne Community Trust applications open

04 June 2018
Between now and the end of June, Tumbarumba based community groups are invited to submit their applications for a grant valued over $10,000 as part of the Hyne Community Trust. Source: Timberbiz The application form and guidelines are available on the Hyne Timber and Snowy Valleys Cou
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Biosecurity in NZ questioned

04 June 2018
The recent arrival of myrtle rust in New Zealand has led many to question whether our biosecurity system is really world-class, particularly in keeping plant diseases out of the country. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop Media NZ New evidence from the Bio-Protection Research Centre, and publi
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Half a century of cutbacks results in current wood shortage crisis

04 June 2018
The crisis in wood supply facing Victoria’s hardwood sawmills is the culmination of successive cutbacks in native forest timber available to industry over almost 50 years. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz “It has been a process of attrition,” said Kevin Wareing, a retired Forests
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OSB trade ‘does not reflect reality’ – builder

04 June 2018
Australia’s reported imports of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) are lower than the reality despite rising more than 50% over the last year, according to a major builder. Source: IndustryEdge for Timberbiz Imports of OSB totalled 52,486m3, up 53.8% for the year to the end of March, compare
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Green group still owes VicForests more than $1 million

04 June 2018
Green group My Environment still owes VicForests more than $1 million from a Supreme Court case, as the state government’s timber corporation has given up trying to obtain the money. By Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The situation has been condemned by the State Opposition, which said t
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