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New Forest Tropical Asia Forest Fund has $160m capital

23 March 2022
New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, has announced the first close of its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) with US$120 million (Aus$160M) of capital commitments. Source: Timberbiz Investors in the first close include s
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Marubeni leans on Nippon Paper for forest growing tech in Indonesia

21 March 2022
Marubeni Corporation and Nippon Paper Industries have concluded a Strategic Partnership Agreement aiming to increase forest growing stock through technical guidance from Nippon Paper Industries, at a plantation company in the Republic of Indonesia. Source: Timberbiz Under the terms of
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Waratah to offer Moipu products in Europe and Asia-Pacific

21 March 2022
Waratah and Moisio Forest Oy, a Finland-based forest machine attachment and accessory manufacturer, have signed a co-operation agreement for sales, marketing and distribution of Moipu branded products. Source: Timberbiz Waratah will begin marketing and selling the well-known Moipu ene
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FSC issues new Advice Notes for Russian timber

21 March 2022
On 10 March 2022, FSC issued a series of normative instruments to implement measures related to FSC certificates in Russia and Belarus to disable sourcing material from these countries. To further support measures issued and queries around them, FSC has published two additional Advice
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Forestry Australia shines a light on forest science and skills

21 March 2022
International Day of Forests As part of International Day of Forests, Forestry Australia is shining a light on the importance of forest science, and the skilled, experienced forest managers, growers and professionals who drive positive sustainable forest outcomes across the country. S
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Positive reflections to be had over forestry day dinner

21 March 2022
International Day of Forests Forest Industries Federation WA Chief Executive Officer Adele Farina said while the industry in her state had faced many challenges, the International Day of Forests was the ideal day for positive reflection. Source: Timberbiz Ms Farina said that this year
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Call for all sides of politics to focus on planting for the future

21 March 2022
International Day of Forests Australia’s forest industries are marking today’s International Day of Forests to call on all sides of politics to focus on getting more production trees planted nationally, while guaranteeing a secure future for our sustainable native forest industries, t
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European Forest Institute renames FLEGT and REDD

18 March 2022
The European Forest Institute (EFI) has renamed its FLEGT and REDD Unit, which is now called the International Partnerships Facility. The new name brings to light what has always been at the core of the Facility’s work: facilitating partnerships between producing and consuming countri
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Dogs with a Nose4Wood

18 March 2022
Finland is the first country in the world to train dogs to sniff out the Heterobasidion fungus in spruce and rust fungus in pine. The Nose4Wood project, run jointly by the Lapland University of Applied Sciences and Natural Resources Institute Finland, strives to find out whether dogs
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UN International Day of Forests

18 March 2022
  The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) will mark International Day of Forests 2022 on 21 March with an online event that focuses on how leaders in the fashion textile and packaging sectors are shaping sustainable relationships between forests and circular pro
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