More news more often
27 March 2018
More news, more often … that’s the promise as Daily Timber News moves into its twice-weekly time slot (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from this week. This special industry-driven news outlet takes on a slightly different content coverage with special segments and opinion pieces p
Continue Reading →RFAs finally signed for Victoria
27 March 2018
Victoria’s forest industry jobs and the environment have been assured certainty with the Australian and Victorian governments extending the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) for East Gippsland, Central Highlands and the North-East regions. Source: Timberbiz The extension of the three
Continue Reading →Top picks for profits on Forests Day
22 March 2018
Blazing threats of global warming have raised panic alarms across the globe, leading to greater consciousness toward building up forestry. Probably this is why a single day has been accommodated since March 21, 2013, to honor the worth of forest reservation. Source: Nasdaq Agreed, it
Continue Reading →Enterprise 50 Year Tree Pledge surpasses 12 million plantings
22 March 2018
Since 2006, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation has funded a massive reforestation effort with more than 12 million tree plantings. Every year, 1 million trees are planted as part of the Enterprise 50 Million Tree Pledge – a unique public-private partnership with the Arb
Continue Reading →FSC is just a tick
22 March 2018
Seventy percent of New Zealand’s plantation forests receive a green tick from the leading international forestry standard despite high industry fatalities and 90% of forestry contractors breaching employee rights. Source: Newsroom NZ Not-for-profit organisation the Forestry Stewardshi
Continue Reading →Exclusive: Weekly Top 5 Market Points from IndustryEdge
22 March 2018
6.554 million bdmt of woodchip exports formally reported for the year-ended January 2018, with hardwood chips dominating with 6.089 million bdmt exported 88,039 m3 – January 2018 imports of sawn softwood, up 29.3% on January 2017, and their highest monthly total in more than two years
Continue Reading →No stone unturned in protecting forests from exotic pests
22 March 2018
Australia’s forests will get more protection, through the Coalition Government’s 5-year strategy to stop exotic pests that could threaten our forests. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud announced $896,500 in seed funding for the National F
Continue Reading →Woodchip Exports at 502,128 tonnes in January
22 March 2018
Australia’s woodchip exports totalled 502,128 bone dry metric tonnes (bdmt) in January 2018. Source: Industry Edge While hardwood chip exports continued to dominate, accounting for 402,485 bdmt for the month, there was a large lift in softwood chip exports, which were just short of 10
Continue Reading →Emissions Trading Scheme limits forestry
22 March 2018
New Zealand councillor Neil Walker is going out on a limb in order to get more forest happening. Source: New Zealand Herald The Taranaki regional councillor has heard a lot of complaints about the way Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff decide which forests can be part of New
Continue Reading →TSDS program extension
22 March 2018
ForestWorks and the TSDS Project Team have announced the extension of the TSDS program in Tasmania. An extension to the program has been approved by the Department of State Growth. Source: Timberbiz TSDS applications can be received until 28 February 2020, or until the fund is fully e
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