Environmental groups outside the forestry peace deal are attacking the credibility of the Wilderness Society. Fringe groups are angry about the society's comments during an Upper House inquiry into the peace deal legislation. Source: ABC News

The Women in Forests and Timber Network is holding a South West Slopes regional gathering at Tumbarumba on February 7, 2013. Source: Timberbiz

Australia’s stagnant building industry is having repercussions in timber producing areas such as Wauchope in New South Wales. Source: The Wauchope Gazette

Woody biomass is becoming a major part of the renewable energy portfolio, with PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) leading the discussion on necessary adaptations to strengthen the link between sustainable biomass and forest certification. Source: Timberbiz

The 10-storey Forte building, made of timber, was completed last year in Melbourne's Docklands, besting the nine-storey Murray Grove apartment building built in London in 2009. Source: The Australian

Farmers have accused the Queensland State Government of ignoring the impact of climate change on farms in a draft strategy paper on how to double agriculture by 2040. Source: The Australian

Farmers who have leases with Gunns to grow plantation timber have asked the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association to obtain legal advice. Source: Timberbiz and ABC Rural

A coroner recommended forestry workers use machines to pile up felled logs instead of doing it manually after a Hawkes Bay forestry worker was killed. Source: The New Zealand Herald