Foresters are still assessing the damage to Canterbury plantations from the violent windstorm last month and estimate it has left more than one million tonnes of timber on the ground. Source: Radio New Zealand

Peter Attiwell, professor and principal fellow in Botany at the University of Melbourne is lead author of the report Timber harvesting does not increase fire risk and severity in wet eucalypt forests of southern Australia. Source: ABC News

Graeme Wood and Jan Cameron have ended hopes of reopening a Tasmanian woodchip mill they bought two years ago and will instead call for interest in developing the site for tourism. Sources: The Australian, the Herald-Sun

Changing business conditions have forced Hyne Timber to sell its Imbil and Melawondi operations in the Mary Valley to Superior Wood Pty Ltd. Source: Fraser Coast Chronicle

Arsenic in the soil from thousands of tanalised pine posts led to the search for an alternative. It has taken 10 years, but the group formed to undertake the research and grow the wood, the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative, has reached a crucial stage. Sources: Stuff.co NZ,

Tomorrow the ForestWorks ISC Innovation Skills Program to help Australian businesses increase innovation with forest, wood, paper and timber products will be in Bunbury, WA. Source: Timberbiz

Some developers are seeking alternative construction methods because of a shortage in brick supplies across the UK according to a house builder. Source: Inside Housing UK

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Wood and Laminate Floorcoverings Market Report - UK 2013-2017 Analysis 7th Edition report to its list. Source: AZoBuild.com