Claims there is not enough wood to supply the Heyfield sawmill are undermined by research showing that percentage-wise, Victoria has more than eight times the amount of forest in conservation reserves compared with Europe. Source: Latrobe Valley Express Formal conservation reserves in

A job protection strategy underpins Victorian Labor’s purchase of Heyfield timber mill. That’s the message Premier Daniel Andrews wants to drill to voters even if it means taking the unprecedented step of the Government buying a beleaguered business. The deal will cost tax

The smog levels in the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou are not yet dire but if the city fails to deal with its pollution, it will only get worse over time. Source: Business Insider Italian design firm Stefano Boeri Architetti believes that building a neighborhood with plant-covered t

Fire experts in Portugal are citing the need for Australian-style warning systems after the most devastating blaze in decades left 62 people dead. Locals in the town of Pedrogao Grande are struggling to understand how so many people died as they tried to flee the inferno. Source: news

France, Austria and Norway are to become home to the world’s tallest wooden buildings according to a new report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which has found Europe to be leading the timber construction movement. Source: Dezeen The CTBUH conducted t

Landcare Research’s Gisborne office will close this week after 42 years playing a crucial role in studying the region’s world-famous erosion issues. Source: The Gisborne Herald The office, established in 1975 by the then New Zealand Forest Service, was never meant to be permanent, tho

Fire and termites will be no threat to a nine-storey all-timber office block to be built in inner Brisbane, according to the construction team. Source: ABC News Taller wooden buildings exist in Australia and around the world but 25 King, now underway at the $2.9-billion RNA Showground

Hundreds of families in a small north-east Victorian town have been without pay for almost 10 weeks, after the area’s biggest employer locked out its entire workforce. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Nestled in the middle of the state’s picturesque alpine ranges, Myrtlef