Tea tree industry get R&D support in budget
31 May 2017
The Australian tea tree industry’s request to raise a levy to support the industry in research and development (R&D) and emergency response activities has been delivered in the Coalition Government’s 2017/18 Budget. Source: Timberbiz Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agricult
Continue Reading →Early Birds for IFA’s conference
31 May 2017
Early Bird registration for IFA’s Cairns Conference has been extended until 12 June. The Conference, “Tropical Forestry: Innovation and Change in the Asia Pacific Region” will be held on 14 – 17 August 2017. Source: Timberbiz While the focus is on the tropics there
Continue Reading →The construction evolution explained
31 May 2017
One of the biggest challenges designers and specifiers can have when looking to utilise timber as a construction material is lack of knowledge about the properties and benefits. Source: Timberbiz In many cases, misconceptions about fire risk and termite risk, or concerns over structur
Continue Reading →Swedish Royal family plants for CIFOR in Indonesia
25 May 2017
Indonesia, Sweden and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) share the vision of a more sustainable world, in which forestry research and innovation play a critical role. Source: Timberbiz Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden visited CIFOR’s global headquarters
Continue Reading →New forests found by scientists
25 May 2017
A team of scientists has found new areas of forest equivalent to 60% of the size of Australia. Source: ECU Daily According to the latest statistics from the World Bank, there was an estimated forest area worldwide of just under 40 million km2, increasing the estimated forest cover glo
Continue Reading →Komatsu to launch new products at Elmia
25 May 2017
Komatsu Forest is planning to present several new products at Elmia Wood. Exactly which ones will only be revealed at the fair. Source: Timberbiz “We’re coming with a new machine, harvester head innovations and some new technical solutions,” Annelie Persson, communications manager at
Continue Reading →Crowdfunding saves the forest
25 May 2017
The Native Forest Restoration Trust, along with the public, has bought 112 hectares of bush in the Wekaweka Valley, which backs onto the Waipoua Forest – home to New Zealand’s largest tree, Tane Mahuta. Source: Radio New Zealand Trust general manager Sandy Crichton said th
Continue Reading →Tassie jobs go interstate according to government
25 May 2017
Resources Minister Guy Barnett says Tasmanian sawmillers and forestry workers are seeking employment interstate because they are unable to access enough timber in Tasmania. Source: The Examiner Ahead of debate in the upper house around the government’s polarising forest bill, Mr Barne
Continue Reading →Deloitte report confirms forestry relevance
25 May 2017
In responding to the Deloitte report released Make it big Adelaide, AFPA SA Manager John Stokes says it confirms the importance of forestry industry to the South Australian economy. Source: Timberbiz “As part of the agribusiness sector, Forestry contributes $1.5billion to the state’s
Continue Reading →Sawmiller wins wood industry top award
25 May 2017
Fourteen years after picking up a job as a mill hand while looking for firewood, Riverton man Rodney Lonneker has been awarded one of New Zealand’s wood industry’s top regional awards. Source: Stuff NZ On Friday, Mr Lonneker collected the Wood Processing Excellence award at the
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