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NZ Forest Owners disagree with Nash

03 March 2016
The NZ Forest Owners Association has challenged Labour Party forestry spokesman Stuart Nash’s charge that foreign companies are buying up forests and selling logs overseas, leaving local sawmills short on supply. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, Bay of Plenty Times Responding to
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Independent report on illegal logging regulations

03 March 2016
The Australian Government has released the independent review into the impact of illegal logging regulations on Australian businesses. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer MP, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senat
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Air pollution may not harm forests

25 February 2016
Scientists have long worried that air pollution could amplify climate change by hurting the ability of forests to grow and absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Source: Science Mag But a new study questions that conventional wisdom when it comes to one key pollutant, low-level ozon
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CIFOR Asia Forestry Week update

25 February 2016
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) opened its ‘Climate Change’ program at the Asia Pacific Forestry Week (APFW) 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines. Source: Cifor The event is the first opportunity since the historic Paris Agreement to explore how t
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Recycled timber to train new builders

25 February 2016
A new community project in Wilsonton Heights, Queensland uses recycled timber collected from skip bins to address unemployment and create an immediate income. Source: The Chronicle (Toowoomba) The Heights Community Centre in Toowoomba provides a sustainable and practical six-week cour
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Forestry to win with TPP

25 February 2016
Forestry and tourism are just two of the big winners once the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes into force according to New Zealand trade minister Todd McClay. Source: The New Zealand Herald Speaking at the Rotorua Chamber of Commerce, Mr McClay said regional New Zealand will reap
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WA’s anti-protest protest

25 February 2016
Opponents to WA’s anti-protest legislation gathered to rally on the steps of Parliament. The Bill would allow for the arrest of protesters who lock themselves to objects such as trees or machinery to prevent lawful activity. Source: Perth Now The Bill passed through the Upper House wi
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Gutwein to offload Forestry Tasmania

25 February 2016
New Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein has confirmed he is exploring ways for the ailing Forestry Tasmania to offload functions to the private sector. Source: ABC News Visiting McKay Timber’s Bridgewater sawmill, the newly appointed minister provided an indication of his ideas for
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Replant NZ forests before its too late

25 February 2016
The sawmills claim the long-awaited wall of wood from forests planted in the late ’80s and ’90s was mostly leaving the country as logs, and much of the land they came from was not being replanted. Source: Radio New Zealand Mark Hansen, the managing director of Rosvall’s sawmill
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Biomass opportunities in WA forestry

25 February 2016
The Australian forestry industry will promote the use of biomass for energy production to diversify the sector and increase profitability. Source: ABC Rural Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston chaired the sixth annual Forest Industry Advisory Council mee
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