Duangrit Bunnag Architect Limited (DBALP) has unveiled an eye-catching design for a new airport terminal in Bangkok that features intricate wooden detailing and an indoor forest. Sources: Timberbiz, DBALP The new building is reportedly expected to be operational in 2025. Details are s

Vietnam’s role as a wood processing hub continued to rise during 2017. Vietnam is increasingly recognised as the primary location in South East Asia for supply of mid-range interior furniture and has become a major competitor to China in this sector. Sources: Timberbiz, FLEGT Vietnam’

Forest owners say New Zealand’s Productivity Commission’s call for up to 2.8 million hectares of land to be turned into forests as a carbon sink would require implementing the most ambitious land-use change project a New Zealand government has ever set itself. Source: Timberbiz Forest

Building professionals and procurement managers attending an engineered timber seminar in Brisbane received a toolbox of factsheets to help explain to clients and stakeholders the benefits of using timber over other construction materials. Source: Timberbiz Timber Queensland Chief Exe

The Institute of Foresters of Australia has announced the winner of The Prince of Wales Award for Sustainable Forestry for 2018 is Erin Hodgson. Source: Timberbiz Vice-President of the Institute of Foresters of Australia Mr Rob de Fégely said: “His Royal Highness has a well-known pass

The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) holds grave concerns for the future of Victorian forestry contracting businesses and their employees following suggestions the Victorian Government plans to ban their operations in Victorian native forests over the coming decade. So

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Despite rhetoric on the importance of Victoria’s forestry industries the Victorian Labor Government proposes locking up 79,000 hectares of state forest. Source: Timberbiz Forests around the Pyrenees, Welsford forest and Wombat forest in the Macedon region would be affected with timber