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Vic independent review declares forest management must improve

22 July 2022
An independent review of the Victorian Regional Forest Agreement regions after the devastating 2019-20 bushfires has backed forest industry calls for active forest management across all land tenures. Source: Timberbiz The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments agreed to undertake a Ma
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Opinion: Nick Steele – growing homes in Tasmania to meet the state target

22 July 2022
I congratulate Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing Guy Barnett on pledging to deliver 10,000 new social and affordable homes by 2032. This is a big target and something that is desperately needed in Tasmania right now. To get serious about social housing requires
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Farm Safety Week for workplace safety both physical and psychological

20 July 2022
This National Farm Safety Week 2022, Australia’s forest industries have reaffirmed that workplace safety is the number one priority sector wide. Source: Timberbiz From tree harvesting operations in the forest to the sawmill floor and product transport, forest industries strive for the
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Webinars to contribute to ABARES and FWPA work plans

20 July 2022
ABARES and Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) have maintained a long working relationship, supporting the forest and wood products industry. This collaborative relationship has enabled a range of valued forest products industry research reports and industry data series which is
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Program to invest in projects to address Tassie wood shortages

20 July 2022
A new $300,000 program has been launched that will invest in pilot projects seeking to address Tasmania’s wood supply shortage. Source: Timberbiz The Wood Supply Co-investment Program will include six projects that will be supported by Private Forests Tasmania to help address Tasmania
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$100 could end the legal lockup of native forests

20 July 2022
Victoria’s timber industry leaders say Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio could end the legal lockup of native forests by spending $100 gazetting Greater Glider possum protections into the Code of Practice for Timber Production. Source: Weekly Times Victorian Forest Products Associa
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HIF to produce eFuels in Tasmanian forest

18 July 2022
HIF Global, a world leading eFuels company, announced that it has begun the development of Australia’s first large-scale, carbon-neutral eFuels production facility in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz HIF Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of HIF Global, filed a Notice of Intent (NoI)
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Tree mortality risk in Australian tropics doubled

18 July 2022
Over the past 35 years, tree mortality risk in Australia’s tropical regions has doubled, according to new research. Such mortality would radically reduce biodiversity as well as carbon residency time, a threat faced by tropical rain forests around the world. Source: EOS “Moist tropica
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ARC funding proves timber is an industry for the future

18 July 2022
The role of forest products as industries of the future has been affirmed with the recent announcement of funding from the Australian Research Council for new research hubs and training centres. Source: Timberbiz Acting CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association Victor Violante
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Farm Safety Week is a recipe for averting disaster

18 July 2022
Plantation growers, processers and foresters are all part of the agriculture industry. That’s why Victoria’s forest industries celebrate Farm Safety Week 2022, Victorian Forest Products Association CEO Deb Kerr said today. Source: Timberbiz This year’s Farm Safety Week is themed “Reci
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