Older mid-Willamette Valley landowners in the US who have to sell timber from their forest lands to pay for health care could get an alternative. Source: The Seattle Times

China Chant Group is developing a new biomass-fired power plant in China's Shandong province. Source: Bioenergy Insight

It is only one month until the DANA London International Timberlands Investment Conference on 10 & 11 October. Source: Timberbiz

Claims that the federal election result in Tasmania had been a referendum on forestry were “total crap” according to Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson. Source: The Examiner

The TFS Corporation started its first commercial Indian Sandalwood harvest of 30 hectares on the East Kimberley Sandalwood Project No.1 (EKS) planted in 1999 in Western Australia. Source: Timberbiz

Port of Tauranga announced its subsidiary Quality Marshalling Limited lost a major log marshalling contract at Mount Maunganui and Murupara in New Zealand. Source: SunLive

Public health researchers have identified which carcinogens are likely to contribute most to occupational cancer in New Zealand workplaces. Source: Yahoo

Struggling rural services company Elders will axe about 150 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce, as it re-organises and refinances its business and reduces its debt. Source: AAP