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

Over the past few years, wood has emerged as an unlikely yet desirable material for the design of future skyscrapers. This is what London’s first tall timber structure could look like, wrote Jamie Condliffe, contributing Editor at Gizmodo [Engineering & Technology]. Source: Timber

Education is key to ensuring timber resources last the distance, a sustainable timber mill operator says. Source: ABC News Annabel Kater operates an Australian Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified sustainable milling operation at Monkerai, north of Newcastle, with her husband Ja

Sustainable, hi-tech and worth tens of millions of extra dollars each year to the Tasmanian economy – that’s the vision for forestry from the man leading UTAS’s new Centre for Forest Value, Jim Reid. Source: The Mercury Professor Reid’s industry and conservationist backed centre is ta

Processing everyday superannuation transactions will become easier for employers, thanks to SuperStream. Source: Timberbiz SuperStream is an ATO’s initiative aimed at providing a safe, secure and more reliable way of processing everyday transactions, such as employee data and payments