A forestry worker in Rotorua, New Zealand is in hospital with serious injuries after a tree fell on him. Source: One News

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) announced two deals for funding bioenergy projects. Sources: Climate Spectator, The Border Watch, 4-Traders

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has called on both major parties to embrace election polices to promote a housing led recovery in the Australian economy. Source: Timberbiz

Australian Paper, the Latrobe Valley’s largest private sector employer, has confirmed the importance of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union’s (CFMEU) Let’s Spread it Around campaign. Sources: Timberbiz

The Australian forestry industry is running a campaign in 21 marginal electorates around Australia to gauge candidates’ support for a number of policy areas. Source: ABC Rural

Despite buyers increasingly preferring to purchase certified timber products, implementation of the Indonesian timber legality verification system, SVLK, among small firms in Bali continues to be hampered. Source: The Jakarta Post/Bali Daily

A free trade agreement signed by Peru and the United States shows that the same treaties that open global markets to tropical timber can provide tools to stem illegal logging, according to a study under way in Peru. Source: Reuters

Pellet exports from the two primary pellet-producing regions on the North American continent – the US South and British Columbia – showed no signs of slowing in early 2013, with the rate of growth likely to accelerate in the second half of the year. Source: Woodworking Network