Minister Leanne Donaldson MP, Professors Simon Biggs, and Professor Jose Torero at UQ’s Advance Engineering Building officially opened the Centre for Future Timber Structures on 12 July 2016. Source: Timberbiz The University of Queensland has teamed up with the Department of Agricultu

A new study looks at the status of women in China’s forest sector reform and highlights the need to integrate the gender perspective in the reform policies in order to improve women’s access to forestland rights and participation in decision making. Source: World Bank According to the

Finnish forestry companies such as the Metsä Group are benefiting from the exchange rate turbulence following Brexit, Britain’s referendum decision to leave the EU. Source: UUTISET The news comes as a surprise as many Finnish companies were forecast to suffer financially followi

Australia’s economy may have ridden on the sheep’s back but the colonies’ first export was actually Eucalyptus oil. From a small batch of oil distilled from Sydney peppermint gum sent to England by First Fleet Surgeon-General John White, an industry grew around the use of the oil for

The emergence of television programs such as Grand Designs and The Block have done no end of good for Tim O’Callaghan’s business by encouraging more people to use beautiful old timbers. Source: Adelaide Now Mr O’Callaghan’s passion for timber started in the early 1990s when he rebuilt

The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs dropped to NZ$116 in June, from NZ$120 a tonne in May, according to AgriHQ’s monthly survey of exporters, forest owners and saw millers. Source: Forestry Expo That’s the lowest level since January’s NZ$115 a t

A Far North New Zealand community that pitched in to save an ancient forest from possums and rats now has a new enemy to contend with – kauri dieback. Source: Radio New Zealand Warawara Forest in north Hokianga has been bouncing back after a 1080 poison drop last spring and inte

Metcash and Anchorage Capital Partners share a dilemma – how much to offer for Woolworths’ Home Timber and Hardware when they can’t predict customer numbers, sales or earnings. Source: Australian Financial Review Analysts believe the hardware wholesaler, previously known a