The Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) welcomed the New Zealand Government’s support for bioenergy but said it doesn’t go far enough. Source: Timberbiz
Students from Indonesia, Vietnam, Colombia, Tanzania and India were among 20 forestry students from Southern Cross University who got a hands-on understanding of native forest silviculture and operations during a field trip to Coffs Harbour’s State forests last week. Source: Timbe
The Forests Minister has confirmed Forestry SA is looking to cut an estimated 95 jobs over two years in regional areas. Sources: Adelaide Now, News.com.au, The Advertiser
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) will explore opportunities for Tasmania’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry industries at the Launceston Regional Outlook conference on 30 April 2014. Source: Timberbiz
Andrew Morton vice president of URS Forestry described Australia’s post GFC wood markets at the Forest Investments Market Outlook (FIMO) conference in Melbourne this week. Source: Timberbiz
Pulping trees for paper could one day take much less energy due to a genetic modification process involving a gene from a Chinese medicinal herb. Source: ABC Science
Wood for Good, the timber industry promotion and sustainability campaign, has launched the largest online life cycle assessment (LCA) database of any UK construction material. Source: TTJ online
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