Bright ideas for safely logging forests from steep slopes while going easy on the environment are emerging from the top of the South Island of New Zealand. Sources: Stuff NZ, The Marlborough Express Two entries in the 2015 Cawthron Marlborough Environment Awards are focused on harvest

Forest owners are asking the government to call an urgent meeting of primary sector leaders and iwi to deal with the country’s greenhouse gas emissions blow-out. Sources: Scoop NZ, Timberbiz They say a lack of new forest planting and a looming harvest “bulge” has to be addressed. “For

DesignBUILD 2015 will open up a new world of opportunities for the sustainable building industry in Australia with the display of new products and technologies from overseas markets. Source: Architecture & Design The event returns to the Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park th

The Frame Australia 2015 theme is ‘Building with engineered wood construction systems’, primarily for designers and builders. Source: Timberbiz “There is a positive trend to using more timber, and commercial builders are looking to timber and wood construction systems for multi-reside

WA’S forests minister has rejected an offer of $90,000 from conservationists to “buy back” a Margaret River forest where logging is underway. Source: Perth Now (pic courtesy Twitter) Protesters including celebrities Ben Elton, Ian Parmenter and John Butler travelled to Parliament Hous

A United Nations program to curb deforestation and carbon emissions in Indonesia has improved forest management, but is being hampered by a “political economy based on forest destruction,” according to a New Zealand researcher. Source: Global Post Dr Andrew McGregor, of Vi

Only six major companies – Danone, Kao Corp, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt, Benckiser Group, Unilever and HSBC – and one investor, banking and financial services giant HSBC, have comprehensive policies in place to protect tropical forests, according to Global Canopy Programme.

Jared Brokaw has spent half a decade sticking to his guns, and spent thousands of dollars in the process. Source: Katu It all started with the day he got pulled over in Baker County, Oregon in the US by police. Mr Brokaw freely admits he was going fast, very fast, and deserved the tic