The UK’s timber frames market is performing well with the segment expected to grow by around 60 per cent in volume and 80 per cent in value by 2016. Source: DesignBuild Source

Australia has lost its right as the world’s largest supplier of wood chips to pulp mills in Asia. Vietnam has taken over exporting an estimated 5.4 million tons. Source: Wood Resources International

The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) in Western Australia has been accused of breaching dieback rules. Dieback is a plant disease that has been found in some parts of the Arcadia forest. Source: ABC News

New Zealand is looking at the value that may be obtained from wood through bioenergy and it may add NZ$6 billion to the economy according to the New Zealand Bioenergy Association. Source: The Bioenergy Site

WA’s Department of Environment and Conservation has a new ban on controlled burns near towns but that raises the fear of increased fire risks. Source: The West Australian.

Commercial looting from firewood collection areas is putting the plantation industry out of business according to the Bendigo Advertiser. Source: Bendigo Advertiser

Commercial looting from firewood collection areas is putting the plantation industry out of business according to the Bendigo Advertiser. Source: Bendigo Advertiser

Australia’s logging industry has been affected by the construction cycle with lower construction activity resulting in a decline in revenue which is the reason research company IBISWorld updated its report on Australia’s logging industry. Source: San Francisco Chronicle