On 22 August 2018, the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 (Amendment Act) became law in New Zealand. The new laws will come into force on or before 22 October 2018. Source: Mondaq As well as bringing “residential land” within the Overseas Investment Act, the Amendment

Imagine planting by hand more than 5.5 million trees. That’s exactly what the team at OneFortyOne (OFO) has just done with the replanting season finishing last week across its Green Triangle forests. Source: Timberbiz For one man, OFO’s Terry Higgins, this season marked an important m

Following our exclusive story in Timberbiz on 21 August that alerted to the potential danger and costs of the stink bug to our timber industry the government has implemented stronger offshore biosecurity measures for the upcoming brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season, to manage ris

The operator of southern Tasmania’s only direct freight service has announced it is pulling out of the state in two weeks, which will seriously affect the forestry sector. Source: ABC News Singapore-based company Swire Shipping has been operating out of Hobart every nine days si

After the Federal government’s recent political spill a change has come that will certainly be welcomed by most of the forestry industry as well as Tasmanians. Richard Colbeck has been given the portfolio of Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources assuming responsibilit

One of the biggest releases at the upcoming forestry fair – FinnMetko will be the new Bison forwarder from Ponsse. Source: Timberbiz and Forestry The new forwarder has a load capacity of 16 tonnes and wedges in between the Ponsse Buffalo and the BuffaloKing. The new forwarder has a lo

Stora Enso’s cross-laminated timber (CLT) was awarded with the INIES 2018 Trophy for new registrants in the annual conference of the INIES Foundation in Paris, France. Source: Timberbiz INIES is the French national reference database for environmental and health data on construc

A new report is calling for fundamental changes in how trees are harvested in Nova Scotia including a reduction in clearcutting, a controversial practice that fells large stands of forest. Source: The Globe and Mail The report released by University of Kings College president Bill Lah