A recent NZ$33,520 penalty imposed on Forest Owner Marketing Services was a result of its forest harvesting operation on land south-east of Ōpōtiki, New Zealand. Source: Radio New Zealand Two contractors employed by the company were also fined. Gaddum Construction Ltd received a NZ$15

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is searching for organisations that can find new ways to make use of someone else’s construction and demolition waste. Source: Timberbiz Local councils and private businesses are invited to apply for grants under a new program, the Civil

WoodSolutions is presenting a Timber Connector Options and Connection Design Seminar on Wednesday 16 November 2016 at Chatswood, New South Wales. Source: Timberbiz This workshop is intended for the structural engineers, builders and architects looking for an opportunity to learn about

The pursuit of a government bureaucrat who did not seek approval for offsetting a small mistake in a sales contract led to a “good deal of public time and resources” being used as part of an anticorruption investigation, a South Australian judge has said. Source: ABC News

Australia’s forestry sector is enjoying some of the best conditions in its history, according to a report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Source: Timberbiz The report, Australian forest and wood products statistics: March and June

The next time you’re running through an airport to catch your plane or busting a move on the dance floor, you could also be generating clean, green energy. Source: The Smithsonian At least, that’s the hope of Xudong Wang and his team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madis

The South Carolina Forestry Commission estimates Hurricane Matthew-related damage to the state’s timber resources at US$205 million. Source: The News The agency began assessing storm damage on a widespread scale sending Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) personnel and other foreste

The inclusion of the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation program, known as REDD+, as a standalone article in the Paris Climate Agreement was widely hailed as an encouraging political signal that protecting forests and other valuable carbon sinks would hen