The first of 14 shipments of woodchips from a Tiwi Islands forestry plantation is due to set sail to Japan. Source: ABC NT Country Hour The traditional owners of the Tiwis are in charge of nearly 30,000 hectares of Acacia mangium trees. Staff have been working around-the-clock for fou

WorkSafe New Zealand says the latest forestry death in Hawkes Bay is a sad reminder to the industry of the need to remain vigilant about health and safety. Source: Forestworks Media Monday’s death follows three earlier confirmed forestry fatalities so far this year, and is the second

THIRTEEN Victorian firms will share in $16 million of Commonwealth grants to boost their high value manufacturing capability. Source: Herald Sun The $90 million Next Generation Manufacturing Investment fund — created in response to the death of the Victorian and South Australian car i

  An initiative to address forest industry skill shortages in the Green Triangle region is one step closer following a forum organised by the Australian Forest Products Association – SA Branch (AFPA-SA) last week. Source: Timberbiz AFPA-SA brought together local forest industry e

Prices for domestic and imported sawlogs in Austria and Germany have falling during 2015 and 2016 to levels not seen in 10 year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Sources: Timberbiz, Lesprom While domestic log prices have declined, they are still among the highest in Europe and man

A huge arc of timber posts once stood in a ‘New Stonehenge’ built 4500 years ago in Wiltshire – next to the site of Stonehenge itself. Source: Metro UK The circle of up to 200 posts was built on the site of a settlement where the workers who built Stonehenge lived, National Trust rese

The 2016 World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) will be held on 22-25 August in Vienna, Austria. Source: Timberbiz WCTE is a premier forum for presenting and discussing the latest technical and architectural developments and innovations in wood or timber construction. It i

A total of 1.4 million trees will be planted in the Murray-Sunset National Park over the next two years to assist the survival of endangered species. Source: ABC News Volunteers and paid personnel, part of a CO2 Australia program, planted more than 500,000 indigenous native tubestock