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Forico MOU with HIF to develop eFuels production facility in Tasmania

HIF Global, a world leading eFuels company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Forico, Tasmania’s largest private forestry manager, to support development of Australia’s first eFuels production facility. Source: Timberbiz The collaboration anticipates utilisation of a site a
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FWPA launches Softwood Timber Market Index

Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) announced the launch of the Softwood Timber Market Index (TMI) to further support planning, growth and investment across the industry. Source: Timberbiz The Timber Market Index is a representative directory of historic price movements for di
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Locally grown timber is needed to achieve net-zero in Victoria

The Victorian Government has reiterated its claims to action on climate change and achieving a net-zero future with this week’s legislative amendments to update targets and lock in emissions reduction goals. Source: Timberbiz To achieve these goals the state must embrace and not turn
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Opinion: Italia d’Antonio – The $875 million dollar lie from Labor. Where is our compensation?

Another year on, post Covid, waiting, change of Premier still waiting, shuffling portfolios, still waiting, phone calls and emails falling on deaf ears. The Labor Party has failed once again at arriving at a fair and equitable outcome for hardwood logging contractors who are strugglin
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Friday analysis: The hardwood industry suffers while Labor pollies sit idle

Four weeks. That’s all the native timber industry in Victoria and Western Australia has left. In WA, mills have been closing with alarming regularity. In Victoria it’s no better. Italia d’Antonio from North East Logging in Acheron, not far from Alexandra, about 130km northeast of Melb
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Hines completes Melbourne’s tallest mass timber office T3

Hines, a global real estate investment, development, and property manager, announced the practical completion of the firm’s mass timber office building in Melbourne. The iconic timber building offers tenants an employee-centric workspace to help attract and retain talent, while suppor
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Just 4000 trees of the promised 30 million planted in Victoria

The Victorian Government has planted just 0.01% of the 30 million trees promised to assist timber workers – six years on from the announcement. Just 4000 of a promised 30 million trees have been planted under the Victorian Government’s Gippsland Plantation Investment Program, which wa
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Guides to understanding forestry’s role in the carbon economy

FWPA has three new Carbon Guides that provide a source of knowledge, to expand the understanding of the positive role forest and wood products play in the carbon economy. Source: Timberbiz, FWPA Forests are a significant player in the global carbon cycle and continue to play a key rol
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AFPA represents Australian forestry at COP28

The Australian Forest Products Association will represent the interests of Australia’s forestry and forest products to fight climate change over coming weeks as the world meets in Dubai for the UAE for COP28 in the continued pursuit to find effective climate solutions. Source: Timberb
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Hardwood plantation logs available to industry

Forestry’s contribution to Tasmania’s economy and regions is set to grow as Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s hardwood plantation logs are made available to the industry. Source: Timberbiz Decades in the making, STT will release around 350,000 cubic metres per annum of w
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