THE GREEN Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has released its new Assessment Framework for Forest Management Certification Schemes, as part of its ongoing review of the Green Star environmental rating tools for buildings.

THE NEXT International Pulpwood Conference ("Global Wood Fibre Trade - Woodchips and Biomass") will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during mid-March 2010.

ASBESTOS ILLEGALLY dumped at three locations in State forests in northern Tasmania in recent months is posing a potential threat to humans and wildlife.

A FORESTRY manager has withdrawn its managed investment scheme (MIS) from the market due to the recent adverse publicity about the sector, according to John Wilkinson, writing for Money Management.

Applications are currently being called for the highly-prestigious Gottstein Memorial Trust Fellowships and Awards. The closing date for applications is 11 September.

TIMBER QUEENSLAND has always been noted as ensuring its members are kept up to date, especially during the current economic downturn. To this end, it is promoting a series of workshops that could help make the difference.

by David Coombes, Anna Wilson and Christine Hutchinson THE START date for the emissions trading scheme has been pushed back 12 months as the politics over the scheme unfold. If the new Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill (CPRS) is passed and phased in as promised from 1 July 2011

Plantation forestry expansion is driving a massive increase in investment in the timber processing industry with infrastructure and development proposals worth around $7 billion of new capacity set to generate around 6,000 jobs, according to the National Association of Forest Industri