A last minute charge for some of the managed investment schemes of Gunns is being conducted by the Macquarie Group. Sources: Business Spectator, ABC, The Australian

VicForests opened its community consultation period on April 29 for feedback on proposed amendments to its Timber Release Plans (TRP). Source: Timberbiz

The forestry peace deal designed to end 30 years of conflict has finally become law but already Green groups are planning new campaigns. Sources: Timberbiz, The Advocate, Yahoo7! Finance, The Examiner, The Mercury

The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation. Source: Channel News Asia

Back before the oil sands became the environmental movement’s preferred symbol of Canadian delinquency, sparking Greenpeace demonstrations at our embassies in Europe and arrests outside the White House, it was our forest industry that got all the bad press abroad. Source: The Globe an

More than 30,000 pieces of plant and equipment for will be accessible for online searchers across Australia with the launch a new website which is Australian owned. Source: Timberbiz

New Zealand has vast reserves of renewable forests and much of this timber is used in the residential construction of new housing. Source: Scoop News

The next meeting of the Timber Preservers Association of Australia (TPAA) Council will be in Melbourne on May 6.