Inverness College UHI cast a spotlight on the booming Scottish forestry industry recently as it celebrated the formal unveiling of its new Scottish School of Forestry facility at Balloch. Source: Press and Journal UK The opening of the new facility, which receives over 150 students an
The West Australian timber industry is counting the cost of the recent South West bushfires, with more than 3000 hectares of pine plantations lost. Source: 9News Salvage operations have begun to recover as much saleable timber as possible, while the industry predicts it will cost abou
An international conference at Methven in Canterbury in March will add fuel to straw-earth buildings being the way of the future for New Zealand homes and make targeted comment about a lack of vision in our forestry sector. Source: Forestryexpo Many New Zealand houses are made of natu
The largest plantation owner in South Australia’s south-east, One Forty One Plantations, says it wants to harvest more pine trees, but can not due to a lack of manpower. Source: ABC Rural The company’s desire to increase its pine harvest is in stark contrast to recent issu
Tasmanian freight operator TasRail says 40 new custom-built log transport containers should help ease the burden on the state’s roads. Source: ABC News The containers were funded by a $1 million federal grant. They each carry 22 tonnes of logs, and TasRail CEO Damien White said
VicForests has agreed to lock up 100 hectares of forest after environmentalists discovered 15 Greater gliders. Source: ABC News Environmentalists argue VicForests has not done a good enough job at surveying the forests for protected rare and threatened species, so they are conducting
Port Melville on the remote Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory is a hive of activity with workers busy loading the year’s first shipment of woodchips. Source: ABC News Under wet-season skies, the Daio Papyrus is being loaded with around 35,000 tonnes of woodchips produced fr
DesignBUILD is championing emerging talent and innovation in Australia’s architecture, building, construction and design industries through its new program DesignBUILD Incubator. Source: Timberbiz The program powered by Cbus Super will be a key feature at this year’s DesignBUILD at th
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