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Northland wood processors feel the chop

(NZ) – Industry insiders say the so-called “great wall of wood” long touted as a perpetual money-earner for Northland is being dismantled. At this end of the first 30-year cycle of pine plantation from seedling to sale since forestry...

Details of the State Government’s sale of ForestrySA’s harvesting rights to OneFortyOne Plantation revealed in new document

(AU) – THE future of the South-East’s timber supply could be at risk because of the State Government’s deal for the controversial sale of the state’s forests. The Advertiser has obtained the lease agreement on the government’s sale of...

U.S. timber industry failing to invest in research and development, report says

A group of industry analysts finds the U.S. forest products industry has fallen far behind in producing new things out of wood. “Many traditional forest product markets have matured or declined,” the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities report...

New Mass Timber Construction Program Positions Canada’s Forest Industry as a Source of Clean Growth in the Low-Carbon Economy

(CA) – Encouraging the long-term use of wood in Canada’s construction industry will help us achieve our climate change goals while increasing the demand for Canadian wood products and creating good, middle-class jobs for Canadians. Canada’s Minister of Natural...

South Canterbury ramps up forestry with land marked for commercial plantation

(NZ) – A United States company is now allowed to buy land in the Waimate District for a commercial forest, adding to the growing productivity of the industry in South Canterbury. The Overseas Investment Office has granted consent for...

NSW’s Wilton Logging convicted of breaches on Brown Mountain

(AU) – A New South Wales logging company has been convicted of breaches at a site in Glenbog State Forest on top of Brown Mountain. The NSW Environment Protection Authority brought legal action against the Forestry Corporation NSW for...

Timber industry gets a dose of good news

Nothing is set in stone — or wood — but there were smiles throughout Idaho’s timber and logging industries on Wednesday. The Committee on Agriculture of the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 2936, the “Resilient Federal Forests...

A hard story to nail: Gympie’s timber history

GYMPIE’S timber history began in earnest soon after gold was discovered in 1867 by James Nash, and the industry has been at the heart of Gympie ever since. Following alluvial fossicking, and when mining began, timber became vital for...

KIPT directors build for the future

DIRECTORS of a Kangaroo Island forestry company will seek shareholder approval next month for a “significant remuneration kick” linked to share price triggers. Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers’ five directors will seek a vote on receiving shares worth an average...

FSC-Certified Products Nudging Consumers Into Walking Their Sustainability Talk

Good for your health, good for the environment, good for the future. These common themes have consumers embracing trends toward products that are responsibly sourced and manufactured. As with many things, consumers hold the key. And for products derived...