AFPA supports Government’s tough attitude to illegal logging
12 October 2017
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Turnbull Government’s announcement that while it is staying tough on illegal logging, it continues to streamline and reform Australia’s illegal logging regulations for more effective compliance and fair trade. Source:
Continue Reading →Government moves against illegal logging
12 October 2017
Australia’s illegal logging laws are being improved to reduce compliance costs for timber importers and processors. Source: Timberbiz Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston, said the government had worked closely with stakeholders to cut red tape y
Continue Reading →Demand for paper drops
12 October 2017
Australia’s total demand for paper and paperboard fell 4.4% in the 2016-17 financial year. Source: Industry Edge In volume terms the decline was more than 143,000 tonnes. The drop was driven lower by a plunge in consumption of newsprint and progressively lower demand for other printin
Continue Reading →OneFortyOne confidential document with ForestrySA
12 October 2017
The future of the South-East’s timber supply could be at risk because of the State Government’s deal for the controversial sale of the state’s forests. Source: Adelaide Now The Advertiser has obtained the lease agreement on the government’s sale of the ForestrySA harvesting rights to
Continue Reading →Forestry to add $41m and 234 new jobs on Kangaroo Island
12 October 2017
The forestry industry will create 234 jobs on Kangaroo Island and contribute more than $41 million to its economy annually, according to an economic impact report prepared by EconSearch. Source: Timberbiz A comparison with other agriculture on the island shows plantation forestry will
Continue Reading →How to grow Eucalypts for poles
05 October 2017
The two species that grow well in hotter, drier areas are eucalyptus camaldulensis and eucalyptus tereticornis. Source: New Vision Uganda Growing Eucalyptus well is not easy and requires careful cultural practices, especially the use of improved seeds, intensive land preparation and t
Continue Reading →Production cost margins for sawmills
05 October 2017
Wood costs are by far the largest and most important cost component when manufacturing softwood lumber. Source: MarketWatch The Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) has tracked quarterly sawlog prices worldwide since 1995 and is now also reporting the quarterly sawmill cost margins for key l
Continue Reading →River log jams – log jam Hancock proposal
05 October 2017
Hancock Forest Management has gone back to the drawing board for a new look at a proposed crossing of the Mangakahia River to carry heavy machinery to harvest a pine plantation at Pakotai, 48km northwest of Whangarei in New Zealand. Source: The New Zealand Herald The company is redesi
Continue Reading →Australia increasing log exports
05 October 2017
Timberland owners in Australia are increasingly exploring opportunities for the exportation of logs as an alternative to selling logs in the domestic market. From 2012 to 2016, the export volume was up 300%, and 2017 is likely to set a new record high, according to the Wood Resource Q
Continue Reading →NZ forestry to hit speed bumps
05 October 2017
New Zealand’s forestry sector is heading into 2018 with some speed wobbles, following stellar times during the past almost two years. Source: Otago Daily Times Chinese demand and an easing in competition from some other countries has seen forestry notch up some its best log export pri
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