The fruition of blue gum plantations in Esperance illustrates the corruption of a noble ideal.  In July last year the first shipment of Esperance wood chips was exported with much fanfare but nine months later local farmers and contractors are still waiting for payment from that shipm

More than 30 environmental groups have signed a statement demanding that agreements allowing the logging of Australian native forests not be renewed. Source: The Guardian Australia’s 10 regional forestry agreements (RFAs) were signed between 1997 and 2001, each running for 20 years, w

Environmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown will not face prosecution over his arrest at an anti-logging protest in Tasmania’s north-west. Source: ABC News Mr Brown was arrested along with three protesters when they walked into the Lapoinya Forest exclusion zone in Janua

A leading industry group representing the forestry and forest products industries agrees that the Australian Greens should be included in the election ‘Leaders Debates’. Source: Timberbiz Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Mr Ross Hampton said

The renewable and energy efficiency associations say that New Zealand can achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets agreed in Paris by domestic mitigation rather than the purchase of international units, and they are out to demonstrate how that can be done. Source: Timberb

Speakers from Europe, Canada, USA and local experts will present at the Frame Australia 2016 Conference and Exhibition with delegate attendance expected to be a record high for the 18 years of the event. Source: Timberbiz The conference theme “Building construction with prefabricated

Australia’s first CLT manufacturing facility is to be officially announced by New Zealand’s XLam at Frame Australia 2016 Conference & Exhibition, which starts Monday 23 May at Park Hyatt Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz Xlam has an outline of its plans to expand into Australia to meet

The Narendra Modi government plans to spend a staggering $6.2 billion to increase India’s green cover. Source: Quartz India The bill ­– called the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 – has already been passed by lawmakers in India’s lower house this week. The aim of this projec