Solomon Island logged to unsustainable levels
11 May 2017
The forests of the Solomon Islands forests have been logged to unsustainable levels, according to the Permanent Secretary of Forestry and Research. Source: Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation Speaking to SIBC News Vaeno Vigulu said the country’s forests had suffered due to the ma
Continue Reading →Crackdown on imported wooden furniture
11 May 2017
The Australian Government is being urged to check wooden furniture imported from Vietnam, after the discovery of a massive illegal logging operation. Source: ABC News Investigators say logs from national parks in Cambodia are being smuggled across the border to Vietnam, where they are
Continue Reading →Trees for Mums on Mother’s Day
11 May 2017
Since 2002 when Trees for Mum was created, more than 30,000 sons and daughters have planted trees for their mums, mostly as a tribute to mums who have passed away. Source: Timberbiz Thanks to Trees for Mum’s partnership with Landcare Australia, even more people will have the opportuni
Continue Reading →EPA terminates authority to log after illegal clearing
11 May 2017
A Collombatti property owner who cleared a native forest to make way for a limegrass and chili garden has had their authority to log a private native forest terminated by the NSW Environment Protection Authority. The EPA investigated the land owner, the holder of a private native fore
Continue Reading →Disease threat to NZ industry
11 May 2017
A disease that is devastating trees in Europe and the western United States would be a major threat to New Zealand plantations and ornamental trees, should it ever arrive, according to Forest Owners’ Association biosecurity manager Bill Dyck. Sources: New Zealand Herald, Northla
Continue Reading →Quintis shares plunge
11 May 2017
Shares in troubled sandalwood grower and plantation manager Quintis Ltd have plunged 35% to a multi-year low of 70 cents after the company conceded its Santalis operating subsidiary had lost a pharmaceutical grade sandalwood-oil supply contract. Source: Motley Fool It has been acknowl
Continue Reading →Why no fanfare for MAC
11 May 2017
The influential Ministerial Advisory Council (MAC) on Forestry has delivered its growth strategy for the industry to the Tasmanian Government — highlighting the growth in private plantation resources, and reinforcing the industry’s future as one led by the private sector. Source
Continue Reading →Building approvals cycling down
11 May 2017
Building approvals data for March 2017, released by the ABS indicate that residential building is set to slow, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA). Source: Timberbiz HIA Acting Chief Economist Warwick Temby said: “the 13% decline in new dwelling approvals during March
Continue Reading →Jobs go begging in NZ forestry
11 May 2017
A global demand for logs and competition for workers in primary industries have left Northland with an acute shortage of labourers in the forestry sector- a situation that may delay planting and harvesting of trees. Sources: New Zealand Herald, Northern Advocate At least 50 workers to
Continue Reading →Logging in Tasmania – a family view
11 May 2017
Logging in Tasmania has been a highly controversial issue for a number of years, and the Hall family from the north-east of the state have seen the good and the bad. Source: ABC News Even though the industry has been though a series of highs and lows, Ken Hall and his wife Karen are m
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