A Bioenergy Roadmap for South Australia, released by Minister Resources and Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis, highlighted suitable areas to develop the industry. Source: Indaily The report comes before Premier Jay Weatherill and Climate Change Minister Ian Hunter attend global climate
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on all Governments to look at the emerging science and evidence on new ways of addressing bushfires. Source: Timberbiz “Last year the Australian Government allocated $1.5 million to conduct a series of trials to physically r
Tiwi Islanders have succeeded in a 30-year battle to bring the first shipment of woodchip grown in plantations on their homeland north of Darwin to market. Source: The Australian About 38,000 tonnes is due to depart for Japanese-owned paper mills and about $73 million has been investe
A Papua New Guinea environmental and social activist has delivered a scathing assessment of stewardship of the country’s forest resources by its politicians. Source: Radio New Zealand Dorothy Tekwie says PNG’s government cannot claim to be serious about climate change impa
Record low interest rates and greater housing construction are driving up the price of Australian pine trees, according to Australia’s largest forestry investment company. Source: ABC Rural A new report released by the Federal Government indicates Australia’s housing const
The Queensland timber industry says the sector has benefited from the rising housing market, but the challenge of competing with cheaper imports is ongoing. Source: ABC Rural The most recent Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Australian fore
Activity in Tasmania’s plantation forestry sector is picking up after a deep and prolonged downturn. Tas Land and Forest managing director Kent Lyon said new markets for soft and hardwood timber were emerging. Source: ABC Rural “We’re very busy and markets are good,&
Britton Timbers has supplied the architectural timber used for the MPavilion, the annual architecture commission and design event in Melbourne. MPavilion partnered with Britton Timbers this year for the supply of timber for the project. Founded in 2014, MPavilion is an initiative of t
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