The Wimmera and Central Highlands Bioenergy Project is seeking a Bioenergy Project Manager to be a conduit between the Project Control Group, Reference Group members and project partners. Source: Timberman

The Report of Chairman Professor Jonathan West, as part of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Independent Verification Group, is to come under scrutiny by a Legislative Council Committee Inquiry. Source: Timberman

Up to half of the UK government’s 2020 renewable energy target could be met by energy crops, wood and other forms of biomass according to a recent government report. Source: Farmers Weekly

Indonesia's trade minister, Gita Wirjawan, will travel to Europe to press the case for more timber trade with all member states of the European Union with the support of Indonesia’s forestry sector. Source European Voice

A team of scientists from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station and the University of Córdoba in Spain recently developed a new methodology that measures the economic impact of forest fires on timber resources. Source: Timberman

The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) has welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government that a $1.86 million project is being undertaken to collect new information on threatened species. Source: Timberman

Tasmania remains Australiaʼs worst performing state in terms of construction and the outlook for property industry capital growth and should Gunns pulp mill not proceed virtually no growth in overall civil construction activity is slated to occur over the next three years. Source

It was a good sign that the building materials sub-sector has set a scorching pace to the top of the manufacturing table in April and also heartening that the only other sector to experience expanded manufacturing activity was paper, printing and publishing. Sources: Timberman, Design