The Australian Forest Contractors Association’s first WA meeting for 2015 will be held in Bunbury on 28 May 2015 at the Lighthouse Beach Resort, Bunbury. Source: Timberbiz This is a great opportunity to meet the AFCA’s new general manager, Stacey Gardiner, who will outline current act

The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) has welcomed the federal budget commitments to support the forestry industry Australia wide. Source: Timberbiz These measures include strengthening the approach to illegally sourced timber entering Australia, the matched contributi

A Future Forests Research (FFR) program is creating high value specialty wood products from species other than radiata pine. Source: Timberbiz The new government funding awarded to the FFR led program is a significant boost and will help to create a high-value specialty wood products

            Even though they have their critics, wooden bicycles are nevertheless beautiful to behold. And there’s no doubt there are some advantages that wood has as a bike making material over metal. Source: Treehugger Wood absorbs vibrations better, a

Apple is not the greenest company in the world. In fact, although it made Fortune’s 2014 list of 50 Best Global Green Brands at No. 22 it ended up with a negative performance/perception gap: consumers believe that the company is greener than it actually is. “In a world of social media

Marlborough has been the perfect environment for an award winning forestry project to produce hardwood from genetically improved eucalypts. Sources: The Marlborough Express, Stuff NZ The New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative (NZDFI) won the Marlborough Research Centre and Plant and F

Scientists will work to develop technology that would convert agricultural and forestry by-products into higher value commodities under a new research project. Source: Ferret The research project is part of the Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme, according to Sugar Re

Taranakipine, a finished wood products manufacturer has joined forces with regional development agencies to lobby for container vessels to return to Port Taranaki. Source: Radio New Zealand Since Fonterra stopped using the port in 2009 container shipping completely dried up. Shipping