Associate Minister for Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew will visit South Africa to attend the XIV World Forestry Congress. Source: Scoop Independent News Held once every six years, it is an opportunity to engage with international forestry leaders and delegations on a range of f

Japanese industrial conglomerate Sumitomo has expanded its land holdings in Melbourne’s north, buying out Evolve Development’s Annadale housing estate in Merrifield. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Sumitomo Forestry Australia, which took a 50% stake in local home builder

The Renewable Energy Target is a dead weight on industry and households thanks to its escalation of electricity prices. Not so well known is the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act, which is set to increase the price of imported timber and paper products according to David Leyonhjelm. Sou

Forestry Tasmania is being urged to stop logging in 3% of its native forest logging area because it is habitat for the endangered swift parrot. Source: ABC News Analysis by the Wilderness Society used publicly available information to plot the location of important habitat in state fo

Tasmania has given top-level assurances to the Abbott government that it won’t log inside its Wilderness World Heritage Area without agreement from UNESCO. Source: The Australian The state government has vowed to pursue harvesting of certain species of trees inside parts of the 1.58 m

A new forestry training facility in northern Tasmania is aimed at upskilling workers as the industry aims to increase production in coming years. Source: ABC News The facility, under construction at Invermay, is set to open in Launceston in November and has been designed by the indust

Schools across Tasmania have again benefited from trees donated by Forestry Tasmania (FT), grown by its nursery for National Tree Day. Source: Timberbiz, Forestry Tasmania National Tree Day is supported throughout Australia by Planet Ark. The Assistant Manager of FT Perth nursery, Car

Australia’s forestry industry will pay tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management in Australia and internationally. Source: Timberbiz The inaugural Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence will be presented at a dinner organised by Australian Forestry