Fresh from returning to Australia after meetings in Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland, Simon Dorries, Responsible Wood CEO said he has been ‘blown away’ by the response of New Zealanders towards developing a new Trans-Tasman forestry standard. Responsible Wood is working with

Manufacturing giant Boral is pressing ahead with research into creating a bio-refinery in New South Wales using its hardwood sawmill residues. The $1.2 million feasibility study aims to determine the technical and financial viability of building a second-generation bio-refinery that w

A new report exploring the long-term potential of establishing new timber plantations in Australia suggests up to 490,000 hectares of new softwood plantations would be required by 2050 to meet demand of softwood sawlogs. The Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Austr

New South Wales Government Minister for Forestry Paul Toole announced that the Government is investing almost $40 million to support innovation and training for NSW’s forestry industry and has allocated $4.6 million to support the development of a training and certification scheme for

When war was declared in 1939, Britain was almost completely dependent on imported timber but only had seven months of it stockpiled. Timber was critical to the war effort: it was needed for everything from aircraft and shipbuilding to communications and coal mining. The British timbe

Spurred on by the devastating wildfires of the past few years including the Carr Fire and Camp Fire, state officials in California are pursuing ambitious plans to double the amount of wildland tree and brush thinning over the next five years. But they also acknowledge it is likely to

Komatsu America has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TimberPro. The acquisition is expected to close on 1 April 2019, subject to completion of the closing conditions. Source: Timberbiz Established in 2002, TimberPro is a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of purpose-built fore

Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) and the North-West Tree Growers Group is holding a forestry field day for landowners titled ‘Invest in Trees for your future’, on Friday 29 March at Milabena (NW).  Two properties will be visited to see results of a recently harvested radiata