VicForests is seeking comment from local community members on its proposed changes to the Timber Release Plan. Source: Timberbiz The proposed changes to the TRP focus on options for timber harvesting which are outside the areas identified as most important for conservation as part of

Sustainability Victoria is conducting a state-wide biomass assessment as part of a national project currently underway to identify biomass resources for bioenergy across Australia (Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment Project, ABBA).  Source: Timberbiz This project will look at

In a recent presentation at the CRC for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) Participants Annual Forum on 15 November, Farshid Pahlevani from UNSW presented biocomposite timber panels. Source: Architecture & Design One great innovation coming out of the CRCLCL, and one likely to gain quick

A wide range of forest safety experts are making positive change in New Zealand’s forestry workplace, using peoples’ minds to bring safety culture change to their work situations and combining that with technology to make their job safer. Sources: Scoop, Timberbiz Workers and safety c

It may sound like magic, but a Canterbury University researcher thinks 3D technology could hold the key to a whole new industry in 3D printing wood. Source: News Now The outcome could be an endless supply of timber for construction without ever having to cut down a tree. Associate Pro

Industry, academia and government have partnered to create the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life – a new group designed to put Australia at the forefront of international best practice. Source: Timberbiz A strategic initiative of industry group Forest & Wood Pr

One of New Zealand’s biggest privately owned forestry land portfolios is for sale, comprising five separate plantations in the Lower North Island. Source: New Zealand Herald The portfolio encompasses more than 3061ha of trees spread across Manawatu and Wairarapa districts. The p

The WindTree is a ‘biomimetic wind turbine’ developed by French renewable energy firm NewWind and aims to get rid of that obscenely oversized windmill and replace it with a much more contextually sensible alternative – a decorative imitation tree, sporting dozens of small wind-turbine