New Forests, a forestry investment management business operating in the Asia-Pacific region and the United States, this week appointed Geoffrey Seeto as managing director for the company’s Asian business, which is based in Singapore. Source: Timberbiz New Forests Asia was established

Forest and Bird, and the Northland Environmental Protection Society have complained that the Ministry for Primary Industries is allowing timber exports that are illegal under the Forests Act. Source: Radio New Zealand Four weeks ago the conservation groups asked for an investigation i

The global demand for skincare products has prompted an Indian sandalwood oil producer in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region to purchase two American pharmaceutical companies. Source: ABC Rural Sandalwood oil is typically used as an ingredient in perfume, but it is incr

The European Space Agency launched its latest satellite, Sentinel-2, which will collect data on the world’s crops to help predict food shortages. Source: ABC Rural At the Paris Air Show, Australia’s lead scientific body, the CSIRO, signed an agreement with the European Spa

Environmentalists are hitting out at Government plans to tweak the Resource Management Act to remove Bay of Plenty council control of the release of genetically engineered trees in the region. Source: Bay of Plenty Times Green Party forestry spokesperson Steffan Browning said communit

The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association today made it clear it supports the State Government’s policy to revitalise the forest industry, including the retention of Forestry Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz The TFGA is a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Forestry. The Cou

Robert Mansell, Design Solutions Manager for Hyne Timber, is urging all users of Hyne Design 7 software to install version 7.4 in order to continue using this free program after the end of June 2015. Source: Timberbiz “Our Hyne Design software has been developed and is owned by Hyne T

AFS LTD is planning a workshop for certification bodies operating in the AFCS/PEFC Forest management and Chain of custody fields. It will be held in Sydney in late July. Source: Timberbiz The session will cover a number of important topics including: Update on and transition to recent