The Government's decision to allow harvesting of native timber felled by Cyclone Ita on West Coast conservation land is a "massive victory", according to a West Coast forester. Sources: Westport News, The New Zealand Herald Cyclone

Key stakeholders in the State's timber industry have welcomed the NSW government's decision to buy back allocation of saw logs harvested from North Coast forests, saying the move safeguards a sustainable supply of timber in the future. Source: The Land

Export log prices are falling fast and could knock smaller and more remote forests out of the market, putting hundreds of forestry jobs at risk in New Zealand. Sources: Stuff.NZ, Radio New Zealand

The Federal Government has lost a bid to delist more than 70,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage Area (WHA). Sources: ABC News, The Australian, AAP

Log exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska increased by just under 2% in volume to 466 million board feet in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the fourth quarter of 2013 according to the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. Source: For

Stewart Milne Timber Systems has been awarded the design order to create the UK’s first eco town, North West Bicester (NW Bicester). It is in final negotiations for the production and supply of the Sigma II timber frame on the first Exemplar phase. Source: Specification Online

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) released its first report card on Vision2020, Pathways to Prosperity. Source: FPAC

New Zealand natural wood specialist Abodo Wood has scooped up the Green Economy Award at this year’s Green Ribbon Awards. Source: Scoop