The national Farm Forestry Toolbox is a set of tools to assist farmers and forest managers manage shelterbelts, plantations and native forests. These user-friendly tools offer ways to estimate the volume and value of potential wood production from plantations under different manag

Gunns has said that it has been forced to revalue its forestry assets because of the ailing woodchip market. The revaluing of assets includes its 200,000-hectare Tasmanian forest estate. Source: ABC News, The Australian

Forest owners say the New Zealand government appears to be unconcerned about the tide of European carbon credits flooding onto the New Zealand market. Source: New Zealand Herald, voxy.co.nz

New restrictions on the use of copper chrome arsenate (CCA) for treating timber came into place from 1 July 2012. Source: Timberbiz

The Australian Timber Flooring Association (AFTA) alongside Flooring & Finishes will hold an AFTA Business and Industry Seminar Series on 20 July 2012 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Source: Timberbiz

Britain’s growing network of community wood recycling enterprises has defied the recession to reach a key milestone. Source: Green Building Press

A Vancouver-based manufacturer of wood products has an ambitious plan to operate the largest single line sawmill on the coast of British Columbia. Source: Journal of Commerce

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has announced the launch of the Forest Legality Risk Information Tool, an open-access global information website designed to assist purchasers of forest products in securing fiber from legal sources. Source: Sustainable Forestry Initiative