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Certification wars: PEFC fighting FSC monopoly

28 July 2010

The big guns may have been quiet for a while, but the battle between major certification brands PEFC and FSC is back on – just in time for the protagonists to vent their respective spleens at a major conference in Australia. Or will they?

Read more: Certification wars: PEFC fighting FSC monopoly

   

Queensland declares plantations hand

28 July 2010

Although plantation forestry in Australia is still reeling from the hammer blow it took with the collapse of managed investment schemes (MIS) all over the country, the Queensland Government has announced a positive new strategy to grow more trees.

Read more: Queensland declares plantations hand

   

Organics boss takes on wood processing

28 July 2010

The man credited with “putting organics firmly on the New Zealand national agenda” will be representing the interests of the country’s wood processing sector from mid-August.

Read more: Organics boss takes on wood processing

   

Forestry off the political radar?

28 July 2010

A distant second to cooking show phenomenon Master Chef it has been, but now the ‘plating up’ is over, the Australian federal election is back on the front burner. And the strange thing is … forestry seems to have been dumped as the traditional whipping post for parties desperate to curry favour with the Green vote.

Read more: Forestry off the political radar?

   

Australian wood industry seeks more clout

28 July 2010

The Australian forest and wood products industry is finally doing something about ‘muscling-up’ nationally, and should have a new ‘peak’ organisation operational in the first half of next year.

Read more: Australian wood industry seeks more clout

   

Canadians threaten NZ log goldmine

22 July 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.

Read more: Canadians threaten NZ log goldmine

   

Tree-planting scheme gets the chop

22 July 2010

Despite continuing shrinkage of the nation’s pine forest estate, the New Zealand Government is winding down a scheme to subsidise the planting of new forests.

Read more: Tree-planting scheme gets the chop

   

Shut the door on all illegal imports

22 July 2010

Just preventing the importation of illegal timber and panels without doing the same for imported furniture, finished items and components will have negligible if any effect on reducing total imports of illegal timber.

Read more: Shut the door on all illegal imports

   

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Certification wars: PEFC fighting FSC monopoly

28 July 2010

The big guns may have been quiet for a while, but the battle between major certification brands PEFC and FSC is back on – just in time for the protagonists to vent their respective spleens at a major conference in Australia. Or will they?  

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