An increasing number of companies in New Zealand are taking on PEFC Chain of Custody certification. Source: Timberbiz With the acceptance of the NZ Forest Certification Association (NZFCA) as New Zealand’s PEFC member, New Zealand forest growers gain visibility in the world’s l

The South Australian Government has committed to replanting 150 hectares of a forest, in the state’s mid north, destroyed by bushfire. Source: ABC Rural Fire destroyed 450 hectares of the Bundaleer Forest, south of Jamestown, in January 2013 leaving an estimated area of 100 hect

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Richard Colbeck, is calling on stakeholders to put forward their views about the future of Australia’s forest products and forest industry. Source: Timberbiz Senator Colbeck launched the issues paper Meeting futur

In the hills of northern Michigan a once-dilapidated warehouse in the town of Copemish brims with thousands of tiny saplings. But these trees are not as young as their sizes would suggest. Source: Scientific American A nonprofit, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, has cloned from tissue 

Harvesting fire-killed trees is an effective way to reduce woody fuels for up to four decades following wildfire in dry coniferous forests, a US Forest Service study has found. Source: Phys Org The retrospective analysis, among the first to measure the long-term effects of post-fire l

Lumber Liquidators has sent thousands of customers free “idiot-proof” formaldehyde test kits after a “60 Minutes” report accused the company of selling contaminated laminate flooring from China. Source: NBC News Last week the company had directed customers to r

A sawmill fire at Monarto, south-east of Adelaide, is expected to leave a damage bill of up to $3 million. Source: ABC News About 30 workers were at the Old Princess Highway site when the fire broke out at about 12:00 (ACDT). Sawmill director Garry Tucker said the fire began during th

A planned trial of cable logging in native forests on the North Coast will not go ahead if Labor wins this months NSW state election. Source: ABC News The state opposition announced it would ban cable logging across the state if it takes Government. The proposal received significant o