A south-east South Australian mill will be transformed into a $20 million timber veneer plant by Sydney company Shield Formply, creating around 80 new jobs, Wattle Range Council has announced. Source: ABC News Pending council approval of the planning application, construction will beg

Five priceless Serbian Spruces have been dug up by thieves from a woodland reserve in Perth, Scotland to sell as Christmas trees, it is believed. Source: Telegraph UK The endangered Serbian Spruces were taken from Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park by thieves using garden forks. During the t

A scathing investigation report released by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) details systematic illegal timber sourcing by one of Europe’s largest timber processors, the Austrian firm Holzindustrie Schweighofer. Source: Business Wire FSC’s 110-page report, produced by a panel of e

A Papua New Guinean villager’s six-year battle to stop logging around his home has won him an international human rights award and given him the chance to lobby the United States Government for help. Source: ABC Radio AustralIa Paul Pavol travelled to New York and Washington DC

Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere look likely to benefit some plants more than others, Rangitikei farmer and forester Denis Hocking says. Sources: New Zealand Herald, Wanganui Chronicle In temperate climates like New Zealand’s, it’s looking as though for

Timber suppliers Narangba Timbers in Brisbane reveal how proposed changes in the forestry industry could affect all aspects of the timber industry. Source: Timberbiz In 2014, the Australian Government established a group of forestry and timber industry insiders called the Forest Indus

What kind of Christmas present shows a loved one you care, creates a lasting memento and benefits generation after generation? Don’t be stumped, or bark up the wrong tree, or ‘bough’ to big brand pressure this Christmas. Source: Scoop NZ According to the Native Forest Restoration Trus

New Zealand’s forestry sector can expect to see the current strong market continuing long term, fuelled by the ongoing demand from Asia. Source: New Zealand Herald, Wanganui Chronicle New Zealand export log prices rose for a third straight month in November, pushed along by low shippi