Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) announced it secured SVLK certification for all of its nine mills. SVLK is the Indonesian Wood Legality Verification System, and APP confirmed that the full scope of its operations is now SVLK certified, meeting the highest global standards for wood

Timber from the historic Holman Bridge at Gooloogong near Cowra, New South Wales are likely to be recycled for another generation, if Cowra Shire Council has its way. The council has requested custody of the century-old hardwood timbers from the soon to be demolished bridge. Source: C

Internet search engine giant, Google is offering its earth mapping tools to Australian and New Zealand Not for Profits to help them create a visual impact around their causes for a worldwide audience. Source: Pro Bono Australia

Ta Ann quitting Tasmania would be disastrous for Circular Head, mayor Daryl Quilliam said. The timber processor's board will make a call on whether it has a Tasmanian future within a fortnight. Source: The Advocate, Timberbiz, ABC

New Zealand's plantation forestry estate represents a major opportunity for New Zealand to become more self-sufficient in transport fuels. That is the conclusion of the latest report from the Pure Advantage business lobby group seeking support for a "green growth" push in New Zealand.

WA Auditor-General Colin Murphy has launched an inquiry into the Forest Products Commission’s (FPC) operations, sparking further debate about the viability of native forest logging. Source: The West Australian

The South Australian government has abandoned talks with Carter Holt Harvey, retracting a bailout package of $27 million that will now be diverted to the industry at large. Treasurer Jack Snelling will announce that the funding would be offered to timber processors who matched the gov

The NSW National Parks & Wildife Services is undertaking ecological thinning, which is the removal of some trees in a stand for the purposes of enhancing habitat features of nine plots covering approximately 216 hectares within the Millewa and Moira precincts of the Murray Valley