The West Australian State Labor party is planning to ban old-growth logging with a new forest policy that could include a halt to all native logging or ban the felling of jarrah. Source: The West Australian

Timber groups are being urged to pull the plug on Tasmania's forest peace talks, just days away from a final deadline. Source: Yahoo News

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly believes that the Forest Owners Association needs to do more to prevent workplace accidents. Source: Gisborne Herald New Zealand

Wood and the use of renewable energy for high-energy efficiency buildings is the title of the presentation to be given by David Coote tomorrow evening at VicForests in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz

Australian Bluegum Plantations and Gunns Limited have entered into an agreement for the Portland woodchip export facility, with Gunns to receive $61.8 million for the transaction. Source: Timberbiz, AAP

ZOOM IN - way in - from the macro view of B.C.’s vast forests, right down to the micro level where researchers are looking into genes that could lead to improved forest health, productivity and economic opportunities. Source: Heather Amos, University of British Columbia

Chatham-based Canadian Biofuel is generating a lot of heat on the foreign market. The Ontario company has signed a five-year $36 million contract with Italy’s Green Dot Biomass Energy Company Inc. to export wood pellets. Source: Mayerthorpe Freelancer

Superior disaster resilience of new high tech engineered timber products are being touted at a world timber conference being held Auckland next week. Source: NZ Herald