Australian start-up Hoopsy has created a recyclable pregnancy test that is 99% made out of paper, aiming to stop millions of single-use plastic versions ending up in landfill each year. Source: Timberbiz The Hoopsy “eco pregnancy test” is made almost entirely out of paper,

New home sales fell by 13.1% in July, highlighting the impact of the recent increases in the cash rate, according to the Housing Industry Association. Source: Timberbiz The HIA New Home Sales report, a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states, is a

A change in legislation to ensure that forestry conversions by overseas investors benefits New Zealand has passed its final reading in Parliament. Source: Timberbiz Previously, overseas investors wishing to convert land, such as farmland, into forestry only needed to meet the “special

The Queensland timber industry has welcomed the appointment of new Industry Liaison Officer Alex Riddington as part of a project to build greater capacity in compliance and improved management systems for operators in the state based native hardwood and cypress sectors. Source: Timber

The Andrews Labor Government has been called on to explain why progress has lagged since a $110 million commitment to new timber plantations in the Latrobe Valley was announced in 2017. Source: Timberbiz Speaking in Parliament recently, The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny

Jim Wilson has been appointed as Vice President of Forestry Australia, covering the position made vacant by Dr Michelle Freeman while she takes maternity leave. Source: Timberbiz “I am delighted to provide service to Forestry Australia as Vice President. The future is bright for our p

Victorian Supreme Court judge Melinda Richards has partially wound back court orders which prevented timber harvesting in the state’s central highlands. Source: Timberbiz Court injunctions granted in December prevent VicForests harvesting timber in the Central Highlands, Tambo or Gipp

The US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are seeking public input to define and inventory “old-growth and mature forests” on federal lands in their first step toward complying with the Biden Administration’s Earth Day executive order, which identified “climate impacts, cata