Over the coming months, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be undertaking a range of outreach and education activities to promote improved awareness and understanding of Australia’s illegal logging laws. Source: Timberbiz During the second half of 2018, the d

The land beneath about 22,500ha of Otago forestry blocks has been sold to a specialist Australian forestry investment fund for an undisclosed price, and the fund has also bought a 38% stake in Otago’s largest timber producer, Wenita Forest Products. Sources: The Australian, The

About 60,000 tonnes of plantation pine residue is up for grabs over two years in Western Australia. By Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The WA Government has let a tender for the product, with the successful bidder or bidders expected to be announced this month. WA’s Forest Products Commi

Pursuing a livelihood in the forest products industry opens one up to being a sounding board for these and so many other misconceptions about this work. Conversations around renewability, reforestation, and forest management are few and far between: unless we start them. Source: Build

A new Accord that aims to expand and enhance woodland in National Parks to protect wildlife and connect people with nature has been launched at the New Forest Show in the UK. Source: Timberbiz The Accord, a statement of a shared ambition between the Forestry Commission and National Pa

Like a walk in the woods. That’s what it feels like in Metsä Group’s Pro Nemus visitor centre, which opened its doors in a corner of the Äänekoski bioproduct mill recently. Source: Timberbiz Built next to the mill’s enormous pulp storage towers, Pro Nemus offers an entirely new kind o

New Zealand’s booming export log market is starting to catch the jitters as concerns mount about the impact of US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Source: Newsroom Pro Demand for New Zealand logs has been strong over recent years as local sawmills compete with the export mark

A dispute with salmon company Tassal is being blamed for scuttling plans to use Dover to export woodchips. CEO of Southwood Fibre James Neville-Smith said the woodchip export project planned for Dover would not go ahead due to an impasse with salmon giant Tassal. Source: ABC News Tass