A West Australian company has bought 15,000 hectares in the top end to establish new plantations. But not everyone is excited about planting trees on land once used for crops and cattle. Source: ABC

Entomologist Jonathan Majer had disturbing news from the jarrah forests of southwest Australia, the ants are marching out. Source: The Australian

A strategy to lift exports from New Zealand’s renewable forests, from $4.7 billion to $12 billion in the next decade, will require more skilled people. Source: Timberbiz

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), with support from the Government of Canada, has launched TheGreenestWorkforce.ca, a resource tool for information on direction of the industry and career opportunities. Source: The Sacramento Bee

Conservationists say they are suspicious of an announcement by one of the world's biggest pulp and paper companies that it will no longer log virgin rainforest. Source: ABC News

The Tasmanian State Government has rejected calls for it to play a greater role in stimulating the struggling forestry industry, a position that has drawn strong criticism from the Opposition. Source: ABC News

Details of the South Australian State Government’s research initiative to drive new high-value products for the $1b regional timber industry have been unveiled. Source: The Border Watch

The WA Greens have made fresh claims that native forests are worth more to the taxpayer left standing than if they are logged, prompting a furious response from foresters. Source: The West Australian