The Tasmanian Government has increased the level of debt it will guarantee for the state-owned forestry business. Source: ABC News Tasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein has revealed he signed off on another Letter of Comfort for Forestry Tasmania (FT) in February, increasing the debt leve

Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association, Ross Hampton will speak on ‘Australian Forest Industries – Sunset or Sunrise?’ at the Forest Industry Council’s (FIC) annual dinner on 19 June. Source: Timberbiz The dinner will be held at The Club in Tumut.

Frame 2015, which was held in early June, set the scene for opportunities and ongoing challenges for the industry to move prefab timber construction to a new level of acceptance and participation in Australia’s growing building industry. Source: Timberbiz This year’s conference,

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has announced the winners of this year’s summer 2015 Green Dream Internship program. Source: CNW Fifteen students are receiving a scholarship and an iPad mini to help them blog about their adventures as interns in Canada’s f

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of pulp and paper in Indonesia has announced it will immediately stop logging in all natural forests. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Loss of forest habitat through pulp and paper logging and palm oil plantations has pushed endangered s

Imagine a future where minerals extracted from the ground are no longer the dominant energy source instead it is wood. Source: Timberbiz Huge eucalypt forests could provide biofuel for Bentleys and jet fuel for Boeings, while carbon-fibre car bodies could be produced from genetically

Logging in East Gippsland is not commercially viable and cutting down native forests across the region is racking up losses of up to $5.5 million a year, internal government documents reveal. Source: The Age A leaked briefing by Victoria’s Department of Treasury and Finance to t

The revised Renewable Energy Target (RET) currently before Parliament would provide a market for otherwise unsaleable timber, according to a document from Victoria’s state-owned forestry business, VicForests, obtained by the ABC. Source: ABC News Environment Minister Greg Hunt i