Modern harvesters are technologically sophisticated and, since the 1990s, have been able to automatically measure stem diameters and lengths in real time to improve cutting optimisation…

Caterpillar has developed forestry machines that are controlled remotely. This research should ultimately pave the way for wider applications of the technology in the logging industry in…

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Google has announced plans to work together to make high-resolution satellite data a common tool in managing the world’s natu…

An understanding of how plantation productivity varies spatially is important for forest planning, management and projection of future plantation yields and returns. The 300 Index is a vo…

Density is a key wood quality trait and has been the focus of selective breeding efforts in radiata pine. The aim of this Scion study was to quantify realised genetic gain in radiata pine wood de…

In what is potentially a world first, a New Zealand company has developed the UniPod, an open-source prefabricated bathroom and kitchen ‘pod’. The UniPod is like a giant piece of Lego and has b…

Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand will seeking to reduce emissions from their jet fuel by moving towards locally-produced biofuel. The two aviation companies have teamed up and issued to…

A new satellite built in the UK is designed to weigh the world’s trees. The Biomass mission’s novel space radar will make 3D maps of forests, improving our understanding of how ca…