The forestry sector is front-footing its wish list as New Zealand’s new coalition government takes shape, calling on investment in new plantings and increased timber use. Source: Otago Daily times In separate statements, the Wood Council of New Zealand wants the new Government t

One year ago, Alfonso del Rio was 110 kilograms and on the path to diabetes. He couldn’t climb a flight of stairs without leaning on the handrail, exhausted and gasping for breath. Confronted with worrying health assessment results, he was spurred into action. Source: The Age Th

Tasmania’s forestry industry fears a “bizarre” High Court decision has opened a “Pandora’s box of militant protests” and is urging the state government to draft new laws urgently. Source: The Australian Forest Industries Association of Tasmania chairman and major sawmiller Glenn Britt

The Australian Pine Log Price Index (“the Index”) is compiled by KPMG using data provided by Australian softwood growers. The Index documents changes in pine log prices achieved by large-scale commercial plantation owners selling common grades of plantation softwood logs to domestic p

Euan Ferguson, Victorian Chair of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA), says there is no benefit in creating a ‘Great Forest National Park’ in Victoria’s Central Highlands forests. Source: Timberbiz “Most of the region’s forests are already contained in conservation and water

State-owned logging company VicForests relied on a $4.8 million payment from the Andrews government to turn a profit this year, for work it is doing to create homes for the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. Source: The Age The payment, revealed in VicForests’ annu

VicForests has achieved a positive profit from operations before tax of $1.5 million in 2016/17, highlighting the continued demand for native timber in Victoria. Source: Timberbiz According to VicForest it is a good result considering the operational challenges faced. The company’s re

Along with taking lives and causing millions of dollars in property damage, the wildfires in California are scorching the land in another way: Millions of trees are being destroyed. Source: CBS News The blazes have charred more than 770,000 acres in the state alone, as fires around th