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Sustainable timber and sustainable Swift Parrots

18 November 2024
Sustainable Timber Tasmania is stepping up its efforts to monitor the swift parrot, with observations indicating active foraging in and around forest reserves and production areas. Source: Timberbiz Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s Swift Parrot Monitoring Program is in full swing, with r
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Komatsu climate heroes

15 November 2024
The statement “Forest machines are destroying the world,” made by a young child, sparked the creation of the Climate Heroes project. Stephen Bellas, MD at Komatsu Forest UK, took this comment to heart. Recognizing the need to change the perception of forestry among childre
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The power of sustainable forest products in Recycling Week

15 November 2024
The renewable power of consumer goods made from sustainable Australian forest products should be celebrated for their key role in our recycling ecosystem this week’s National Recycling Week, according to Australian Forest Products Association CEO Diana Hallam. Source: Timberbiz
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New recruits under the pump

15 November 2024
New recruits have joined OneFortyOne’s Summer Fire Crew and have undertaken their practical skills training this week. Source: Timberbiz Over the past three days, the 10 new recruits were trained in practical skills that covered four-person canvas hose lay, operation of fire tankers,
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ForestLearning’s going green in your canteen program awarded

13 November 2024
FWPA’s ForestLearning team’s Years 5-6 cross-curricular resource, Sustainable Schools: Going Green in Your Canteen, has been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Primary School Geography Resource F-6 category at the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association Awards, presented at th
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Spring cleaning with OneFortyOne

13 November 2024
OneFortyOne in collaboration with the City of Mount Gambier council will host a Spring Clean Weekend, a community-driven event aimed at tackling the issue of illegal rubbish dumping in the region’s beautiful forests and plantations. Source: Timberbiz This event, scheduled for 23 and 2
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Helicopter rappel program celebrates 40 years

11 November 2024
This summer, Forest Fire Management Victoria’s helicopter rappel program is celebrating 40 years’ delivering forest firefighters to fight some of the state’s most remote and inaccessible bushfires to control them before they impact communities and the environment. Source: Gippsland Ti
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Harm reduction plan for NZ to reduce the burden of work-related accidents

08 November 2024
New Zealand’s Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) has delivered the Harm Reduction Action Plan for Manufacturing, the Project Whakahaumaru report, highlighting an estimated NZ$1.23 billion burden on the New Zealand economy each year from work-related injuries in the sector.
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Forests are very dangerous workplaces in the US

06 November 2024
Forest operations, which include logging and other forestry activities (planting, thinning, fuels reduction, and wildland fire fighting), are a vital component of forest management. It is also one of the most dangerous places to work in the United States.  Source: CDC In 2022, there w
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Girls on fire

06 November 2024
Young women in regional NSW are exploring future careers in forest firefighting at fire camps across the state. The ‘Fire Up Girls’ Fire and Resilience Program is run by not-for-profit organisation Girls On Fire delivering fire and disaster management training to women aged 15 to 19 y
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