Tasmania’s failed forest peace talks have repercussions that go well beyond the withdrawal by the Federal government of $150 million in funding. Timberbiz, The Australian, The Mercury, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC News

Timber imports are on the rise in Viet Nam, as local supply has not met demand according to Huynh Van Hanh, deputy chairman of the Handicrafts and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Min City (Hawa). Source: Viet Nam News

Jamaica imports around US$3 billion worth of lumber each year, despite the island being known as the 'land of wood and water'. This has forced at least one local producer of lumber to appeal to more Jamaicans to invest in the planting of lumber trees. Source: Jamaica Observer

Receivers for Gunns have finally sold the Kalangadoo timber treatment plant in South Australia. Contracts were exchanged and the sale will be finalised for an undisclosed amount.

Senator Richard Colbeck has asked what the Labor Government intends to do about the devastating impacts of proposed forestry changes on stocks of Tasmanian special timbers. Source: Timberbiz

New Zealand’s appetite for DIY is powering on as leading hardware and gardening supply chain Mitre 10 records another strong result. The New Zealand owned and operated co-operative topped its main rivals last year to become the No 1 hardware chain by revenue. Source: Voxy

Provisos on the new owner of forest rotations in the Green Triangle designed to sustain the timber industry are encouraging but councillors and politicians in South Australia's southeast remain against the State Government's sale of the region's future timber harvests. Source: Weekly

Forestry organisations are planning to impose a levy on logs to raise money for research. The Farm Forestry and Forest Owners Associations will hold a referendum of all growers throughout New Zealand in March next year to gauge support for the levy. Source: Radio New Zealand