The fourth MobileTECH conference on mobile technologies for New Zealand’s primary industries will bring together technology leaders from across New Zealand’s agriculture, horticulture and forestry sectors. Source: Timberbiz This independent technology event showcases the latest in pro

Following an extremely successful inaugural year, Rural Bank will be again offering school leavers throughout rural and regional Australia the opportunity to kick start their careers through its scholarship program. Source: Timberbiz The 2016 program, which is now open for application

Forestry representatives say Australia risks not having enough well-trained foresters to take over the burgeoning industry, which is suffering from a bad public image. Source: ABC News Canberra’s Institute of Foresters of Australia said the sector had been grappling with the pro

As the Paris climate change talks commence, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Canberra Christmas tree delivery company, the Christmas Tree Truck is delivering real Christmas trees to Federal Parliament House – exemplifying the positive contribution forest pro

Australian biofuel businesses hope the UN Paris Climate Conference commitments will translate into clear policy and incentives. Source: ABC Rural The sector says it could double its output of electricity and transport fuels from agriculture, forestry, and biological waste streams by 2

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) provided Environment Minister Greg Hunt a position statement prior to his attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting. Source: Timberbiz “With the right policy settings, the forest products industry coul

Plantation forestry companies, farmers and conservation groups are among those involved in two projects in Western Australia’s Great Southern region that aim to link and re-connect bushland in critical areas of the Gondwana Link pathway. Source: Timberbiz Federal Member for O’Connor,

A book about former Tasmanian timber giant Gunns has taken out a major award as part of the Premier’s Literary Prize. Source: ABC News Author and academic Quentin Beresford won the $25,000 Tasmania Book Prize for his forensic work The Rise and Fall of Gunns Limited. The judges c