FWPA
Webinar
On Friday 14th October, 2016 a webinar was held to update and inform industry and encourage participation in the FWPA funded project Australian Wood Product Manufacturers – Environm…
FWPA
Webinar
The 2016 Rural R&D for Profit funding round three was announced on 6 October with a closing date for applications of 5pm 6 December 2016. Prior to its announcement FWPA contacted the Depar…
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Based on a massive standing timber resource, Russia’s exports of logs and sawn softwood have boomed in recent years and are set to continue. Unsurprisingly, the dominant recipient continue…
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Sales of domestically produced sawn softwood totaled 2.931 million m3 for the year-ended July 2016, an increase of 13.0% on the prior year. The result includes sales of 262,100m3 in July, 14.…
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Australia’s forestry and wood products sector is increasingly trade focused and interested in all aspects of global trade. A new report, prepared for FWPA by the Australian Bureau of Agricu…
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New Zealand’s quarterly sawlog removals moved up to a peak of 2.038 million m3 in the June Quarter of 2016. Always the quarter when removals are largest, this is just the second time in which the…
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Mounting public policy issues, left unaddressed by successive rounds of policy makers, are nothing new in Australia. One of the most vexing issues is housing affordability and the implicat…
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Love them or hate them, the celebrity housing makeover programs, like The Block, Reno Rumble, House Rules (not to mention Grand Designs and others at the top end of the market) appear to be havi…