More prosecutions of forestry operators for health and safety law breaches are likely in New Zealand. Source: New Zealand Herald.

The forestry industry in Australia has suffered over the past five years with the collapse of managed investment schemes and the exits of several major players according to a new IBISWorld report. Source: Timberbiz

Preliminary ABS figures indicate that the recovery in residential construction activity took a backwards step in the December quarter of 2013 according to the Housing Industry Association. Source: Timberbiz

A new study confirms that removing fuel from our bush can massively reduce the economic costs from bushfires. Source: Timberbiz

The GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF) in the US has become the first short rotation forest plantation worldwide to earn certification under the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). Source: PR News Wire

Illegal logging has topped a list of Lao's fraud or economic-related cases for 2013 according to state-run daily Vientiane Times. Source: Shanghai Daily

More than 1000 delegates from 80 countries gathered in February for the World Congress of Agroforestry held in New Delhi, India. Source: The Guardian

Conservationists have rejected claims from a north coast MP that National Parks do not create monetary benefit for the North Coast. Source: ABC News