China’s forestry authority has made a plan to boost the domestic forestry industry and increase its forest resources to the world’s average by 2050. The plan unveiled by Zhang Jianlong, chief of State Forestry Administration, at a conference, is the latest move taken by go

Finnish forestry giant, Metsa Group, has renewed its strategic sustainability objectives, aiming to increase its environmental performance by 30% in the next decade. A key factor will be increasing the amount of carbon stored in forests and forests products by 2030. Source: Philip Hop

The US sawn lumber market is in a process of change that has implications for the global lumber market and could impact supply into countries like Australia, according to latest analysis by Forest2Market. Although the US housing market is softening, the impact of extensive tariffs on

LINX Cargo Care Group has created a Virtual Reality safety training platform in collaboration with Curiious and Samsung Electronics Australia, this is the first of its kind in Australia’s supply chain and logistics industry. Source: Timberbiz The Gear VR training platform was designed

The Orange Mountain Bike Club joined forces with Forestry Corporation of NSW and other volunteers for a Clean Up Australia Day event in Kinross State Forest. Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Community Programs Coordinator Nikki Bennetts said the event was a success and thanked the volunt

Twenty young men from Kaikohe and Moerewa in New Zealand are set to start their journey in the forestry industry as trainees on the new Ngā Māhuri o Ngāti Hine Mānuka Plantation Training Program. This is the first part of a two year program funded by the Billion Tree fund through Te U

Entries are now open for the 20th Australian Timber Design Awards which is a national competition that promotes and encourages outstanding timber design and use in the built environment. It offers an array of categories available to cover all types of timber projects and use of timber

FSC Australia has planned a webinar to support businesses that want to prove their responsible practices through FSC certification, but are unsure about aspects of Chain of Custody certification, and use of the FSC trademarks. The event is on Tuesday 12 March, from 11am- 12pm AEDT. So