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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Wood chip exports from Latin America reached a record high in 2011

Wood chip exports from Latin America are on track to reach a record high of almost eight million tons in 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Scholarships & Prizes – applications still open

FWPA has three Scholarships and Prizes that remain open for application until 31 January 2012.
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Tasmania’s sham forest deal should be torn up, says Senator

“THE CURRENT debate over who should be doing what, if anything, in 430,000ha of possible High Conservation Value Tasmanian forest actually highlights a much more serious issue with the Tasmanian forests agreements– it’s a sham deal and it should be torn up,” says Coalition Forestry Sp
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New light on the opportunities for precision forestry

The AUSTimber 2012 Forestworks’ conference ‘Precision Forestry in action’ intends to be hard hitting and controversial, casting new light on the opportunities for precision forestry in action.
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The latest in forestry and logging on show

FOREXPO, THE European forestry and logging show, will take place at the heart of the largest European reforestation project, Mimizan, in the Landes, from 6 - 8 June 2012.
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Scientists help tackle forest pests with genomics

SIMON FRASER University Beedie School of Business professor Jeremy Hall is leading the social science research component in a new project dedicated to significantly reducing forest pests in Canada, and ultimately globally.
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Winning by cooperation

THE MOST important international meeting of the forestry sector in 2012 is calling for Australian and Kiwi forest industry people to get involved.
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Further land acquisitions

TFS Corporation has entered into a contract to purchase the farming property known as “Midway Station” in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory for $4,450,000.
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