Former Prime Minister Paul Keating implemented a revolutionary change to the framework for managing Australia’s forests. A quarter of a century later the time has come to revisit the forest agreements, argues Rod Keenan. Source: Policy Forum Native forest timber harvesting has been a

New recruits to the sawmill industry will get a better picture of timber grains and how to saw them with a new training tool created at Scion. Source: Timberbiz Using Lloyd Donaldson and Alan Dickson’s microscopic images of radiata pine, digital images have been converted to 3D comput

New South Wales farmers have lopped paddock trees at an accelerating rate in the past 18 months even before a new land-clearing law eases controls further according to government data. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The new figures, which reveal the rate of clearing of paddock tree

Invercargill City Forests has bought a 24.9% stake in forestry management company IFS Growth. Source: Scoop NZ Invercargill City Forests is a subsidiary of council-controlled organisation Invercargill City Holdings, while IFS Growth is an Invercargill-based company that works in fores

Forest operations courses will be held in Australia and New Zealand in August for harvest managers, supervisors and planners. Source: Timberbiz The courses are aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of forestry managers and contractors in some of the highest impact areas of the f

Erica Herangi, Taniora Makene, Joe Harawira, Mania Paiti, Kereama Akuhata, John Miller and John Tucker, meet at the Putaruru Timber Museum for support and updates on health checks. Source: Stuff NZ A special support group to support the health needs of sawmill workers continues to see

Forestry workers in Western Australia are still using the herbicide glyphosate despite the chemical’s safety being under review by the national regulator. Source: ABC News The World Health Organisation’s cancer research arm last year found glyphosate was probably carcinoge

US agents searched the offices of a California-based wood importer as part of a broadening government crackdown on imports of illegally harvested timber, according to a previously unreported federal search warrant seen by Reuters. Source: Reuters The Department of Homeland Security ag