A new report on the mountain pine beetle epidemic describes it as one of North America's largest natural environmental disasters that will put an estimated 16 major sawmills out of business in B.C. and lead to long-term lumber shortages in the United States.

THE CRC for Forestry will be conducting workshop to present recent advances in LiDAR data acquisition and processing for forest applications at the University of Tasmania on 20-21April. The workshop will run as an open forum on 21 April, while the workshop on 22 April will be aimed

TWO AUSTRALIAN forestry academics have joined an elite band of people who will receive prestigious International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) Scientific Achievement Awards in recognition of their scientific achievements in forestry research.

THE 2010 ATTA/ForestWorks/FIAPS workshop will be held in Hobart from 26-29 July.

A STATE branch of Australia’s most powerful workers’ union will pressure Government to crack down on structurally unsafe building materials after adopting guidelines from industry on non-compliant wood products.

NORTH Queensland landholders who over the past two decades planted farm forestry plantations as nest eggs for the future will welcome the results of a State Government investigation into the value of this plantation timber.

THE State Government's plans to continue logging Riverina red gums for the next five years are headed for defeat in Parliament.

The Australian Forest Contractors Association is recognising the pioneers and legends of the timber industry through the creation of the “AFCA Contractors Hall of Fame”. This recognition will be through the presentation of framed Certificates and Plaques and admittance to the Hall of