More than six million seedlings are being dispatched from the Forestry Corporation’s Blowering Nursery near Tumut during a three-month operation. Source: PS News Strategy and Risk Manager at Forestry Corporation, Gavin Jeffries said the carefully measured radiata pine seedlings were b

A safety council has been set up to help make forests safer workplaces. Source: Radio New Zealand The council – formed earlier this year and launched at Parliament has been set up in response to a recommendation from a panel that reviewed forestry safety last year. Dame Alison P

Farm foresters and forest owners have welcomed the government’s decision to revive the Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS) but both industry groups would like to see more consistency and a greater commitment to forestry in the future. Source: NZ Farmer Newly elected president of th

A draft program for the Gipplsand bioenergy forum has been released. Source: Timberbiz The event starts on 18 June 2015 in the Heyfield Community Hub in Victoria with opening speakers Liz Hamilton of the Victorian Bioenergy Network together with Sue Websiter of Agribusiness Gippsland.

NZDFI is a research and development project working to develop ground-durable eucalypt species suited to New Zealand’s dryland regions. Source: Scoop Independent News The committee commends the work of the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative and has heard from representatives of NZ

Ballina Shire Council will push for a review of the state government’s decision not to allow the council to take control of approving native forestry in the shire. Source: Echonetdaily Late last year, the council voted to amend the Ballina Local Environment Plan 1987 to introduce a re

Stakeholders now have until 12 June to finalise submissions to the review of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). Source: Timberbiz Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Richard Colbeck, and Tasmanian Minister for Resources, Paul Harriss have exten

Nuts and forestry waste will be the new engineered timber to use if Australian researchers have they way. Source: Timberbiz A research team led by University of Sydney architecture and engineering experts has received funding to investigate ways to 3D-print a new gradient timber panel