In a sourced story that appeared in Daily Timber News on 8 May 2012 from the Star On Line, the summary referred to Ta Ann’s ecofriendly line being from its plantations in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz

DANA Ltd has secured notable industry speakers for its one-day conference which is on 7 June 2012 and titled “Pacific Rim Woodchip Trade Supply and Demand Trends – A Focus on Australia and its Competitors”. Source: Timberbiz

Administrators have put up Theyona and Blackbull, two Northern Territory mahogany plantations totalling around 14,342 hectares, for sale. Source: Property Observer

A north coast timber mill owner has accused Labor of hypocrisy and the Greens of trying to shut down the native hardwood industry. Source: ABC Mid North Coast

NSW Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson announced that the NSW Government is to make Forests NSW a state owned corporation (SOC). In NSW there are 540 state forests covering an area of around 2.2 million hectares. Sources: Timberbiz, ABC North Coast NSW, The Sydney Morn

Led by British Columbia, Canada emerged as the largest exporter of lumber in the world to China in 2011, surpassing Russia as the Middle Kingdom's No. 1 source for lumber. Source: Vancouver Sun

Led by British Columbia, Canada emerged as the largest exporter of lumber in the world to China in 2011, surpassing Russia as the Middle Kingdom's No. 1 source for lumber. Source: Vancouver Sun

Investors and speculators on the receiving end of Sino-Forest’s credit default swaps, which act as insurance on the company’s bonds, will be paid 71 cents on the dollar for their holdings. Source: Globe and Mail