Nguyen Ton Quyen, general secretary of the Viet Nam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES), said there are currently about 300 timber processing handicraft villages in Viet Nam, creating jobs for 300,000 labourers. – Source: Vietnam News

A deadly fungus disease threatening ash trees in Britain may be impossible to eradicate, a government scientist has said. Ash dieback disease, or chalara fraxinea, has been confirmed at 52 locations across the United Kingdom. Source: UPI

Australia’s giant eucalyptus trees, the tallest flowering plants on earth, should be classified as a species of rain forest tree, a new study reports. This was the conclusion drawn by David Bowman, a forest ecologist at the University of Tasmania. Source: The New York Times

Coalition Forestry spokesman Senator Richard Colbeck toured the world’s tallest wooden apartment tower in Melbourne, saying it should serve as an emblem for the future of the nation’s forest and timber industries. Source: Timberbiz

When Andrew Murray and Amber Swinney signed up 163 hectares for the Forest Products Commission (FPC) to plant and manage eucalyptus trees, it was to be their retirement nest egg. Source: Cogeneration and Onsite Power Supply

Loggers may be allowed to harvest thousands of hectares of timber being bulldozed to make way for mining and CSG extraction. Forestry Minister John McVeigh said he wanted to make sure valuable timber was harvested before miners moved on to leases in state forests. Source: Herald Sun

We need to more cleverly adopt and use every contemporary means to educate, communicate and enthuse our fellow citizens about the benefits of wood and its products according to Sid Sidebottom, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Source: Timberbiz

Rather than sell off bits and pieces of land acquired by the previous Queensland State Government for the proposed Traveston Dam and incur substantial losses due to current market prices, the State should consider leasing the land to grow timber plantations. Source: Timberbiz