The already-huge contribution forestry is making to New Zealand’s Gisborne-East Coast region is set to keep growing, the industry said. Source: Radio New Zealand

Liquidators of a southern Queensland timber firm say they are very close to reaching a deal that would see employees get their full entitlements. Source: ABC News

The bar was raised through audience participation when the Australian Forest Contractors Association conducted its latest “Business is Different Now” workshop in Bunbury early in October. Source: Timberbiz

The timber industry has welcomed an investigation into the alleged dumping of Chinese office paper in the Australian market. Source: ABC Rural

The US Forest Service confirmed that it is shutting down logging operations on national forests across the country due to the partial shutdown of the federal government. Source: The Washington Post

With advances in genetic sequencing technology, scientists are now able to readily identify the microbes living in and around the roots of trees. This information is proving to have important implications for everything from tropical forest restoration to climate change planning. Sour

Timber harvests, wood consumption, log trade and sawlog prices in Central Europe have seen substantial change during the past 10 years with a shift in log production and consumption from western regions to countries in the east. Sources: 4Traders, Wood Resources Quarterly.

A northern Tasmanian Gunns timber plantation landowner is seeking like-minded people to form a stakeholder group to push for a speedy conclusion to the wind-up of the failed timber company. Source: The Examiner