University of Canterbury civil engineer Professor Andy Buchanan has won three awards at the annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards in recognition of his innovative work into the development of a new system to construct multi-storey buildings using timber. Source: Timberbiz P

Franklin Tasmania man Ian Haley started making handmade alpine skis four years ago after realising there was an untapped niche market. Source: ABC News A keen skier himself, Mr Haley one day found himself with extra time on his hands to devote to the research and the feasibility of pu

Tasmanian specialty timber workers may have Federal Government backing in their bid to have their craft recognised by UNESCO. Source: ABC News The specialty timber sector wants access to about 9000 hectares of World Heritage-listed forest. It believes Tasmania’s cultural history

OTPP New Zealand Forest Investments Ltd has announced the appointment to its board of two highly experienced directors, Jane Taylor and Traci Houpapa. Source: Voxy NZ Company chairman Don Huse said the new directors brought not only a wealth of governance background to the board but w

The Australian Forest Products Association has become the latest industry group to back the current foreign investment laws, cautioning the government not to jeopardise the flow of overseas capital into regional agribusinesses. Source: The Australian AFPA chief executive Ross Hampton

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is playing hard ball against victims of failed managed investment scheme Willmott Forests, levying penalty interest rates over the period of a long-running class action against the bank, which has doubled the amount owed by some investors. Source: Th

Forest owners say the size of the New Zealand government’s emissions target is not as important as the policies that support it. Source: Timberbiz The government has just announced that its reduction target under the new international climate change agreement will be 30% below 2005 le

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has refreshed a two-year moratorium on logging. But some environmental groups say he has ignored demands for more effective protection of the country’s forests. Source: DW The Indonesian government has renewed a moratorium on logging but environm