5 Jul 2010
Export of wood chips from Australia is on the rebound, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Forestry News
MAF confirms China is driving log boom
2 Jul 2010
RUC changes will reduce compliance, transport costs
07 Jul 2010
Cabinet has approved changes to the road user charges (RUC) system which are designed to simplify and modernise a key part of New Zealand's transport operation.
Furore in Tasmania drives fumigation offshore
11 Jul 2010
Plans to treat a log shipment with 1.5 tonnes of methyl bromide at Burnie Port in Tasmania have been abandoned following a public outcry. The fumigation has now taken place at sea
Labour criticises gov't prune of AGS
13 Jul 2010
Budget documents show that the Government will downscale the Afforestation Grant Scheme by $2m per year over the next three years before eventually ceasing it, says Labour Forestry spokesperson Stuart Nash.
Canadians threaten NZ log goldmine
22 Jul 2010
New Zealand’s pine plantations continue to produce a river of gold in China for their mainly foreign owners, with record earnings so far this year. But the competition just got a whole lot tougher.
FITEC award finalists named
27 Jul 2010
Twenty-six outstanding Kiwi individuals and companies are in line for the wood industry’s top accolades after being named as finalists in the National Training Awards run by FITEC, the forest and wood industry training organisation.
New Wood Processors CEO
28 Jul 2010
Dr Jon Tanner has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Wood Processors Association of New Zealand (WPA).
Forest Products Association of Canada Supports Government’s Transformative Investment Program
02 Aug 2010
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today commended the Canadian government on the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT), a program dedicated to the integration of transformative investment technology in traditional mills – pulp and paper, newsprint, wood panels, and others – across the country.