Recent changes to the building code that make it easier and more cost-effective to use timber framing and massive timber in buildings of up to 25m (usually 8 storeys) offer a once in a generation opportunity to the timber industry. Source: Timberbiz Through the WoodSolutions program,

Auditors have found Forestry Tasmania (FT) has failed on 10 key criteria in its attempt to gain crucial Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. Source: ABC News FSC auditors visited Tasmania in December 2014 to assess the state owned company, and handed down their draft repo

The NZ Forest Owners Association has challenged Labour Party forestry spokesman Stuart Nash’s charge that foreign companies are buying up forests and selling logs overseas, leaving local sawmills short on supply. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, Bay of Plenty Times Responding to

The Australian Government has released the independent review into the impact of illegal logging regulations on Australian businesses. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer MP, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senat

Scientists have long worried that air pollution could amplify climate change by hurting the ability of forests to grow and absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Source: Science Mag But a new study questions that conventional wisdom when it comes to one key pollutant, low-level ozon

A newly developed “enriched biochar”, which combines a purified form of charcoal with fungi, seaweed and worm casts could help ash trees resist the Chalara disease, according to research by tree and shrub care company Bartlett Tree Experts. The Guardian UK A study by the company’s res

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) opened its ‘Climate Change’ program at the Asia Pacific Forestry Week (APFW) 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines. Source: Cifor The event is the first opportunity since the historic Paris Agreement to explore how t

A giant shark made of wood recycled from a dismantled shed is making a splash at a northern Gold Coast market. Source: ABC News The 8-metre shark is one of three works being constructed from recycled materials at the Carrara Markets. Danish sculptor and self-proclaimed recycling activ