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Steep terrain harvesting can be expensive and have high safety risks. Mechanised ground-based machines are increasingly being used on steeper slopes to decrease harvesting costs and impr…
Steep terrain harvesting can be expensive and have high safety risks. Mechanised ground-based machines are increasingly being used on steeper slopes to decrease harvesting costs and impr…
Fire is an intrinsic element of many forest ecosystems; it shapes their ecological processes, determines species composition and influences landscape structure. However wildfires also…
While the study of wood and health is relatively new in the field of environmental psychology, a clear relationship between the presence of other natural elements has been established in bui…
A new software tool that can predict the severity and spread of destructive bushfires has been released by CSIRO. The software, known as ‘Spark’ will give fire-fighting agenci…
Wednesday 1st July, 2015, presented by Tania Crosbie, The Crosbie Collective This webinar will share the aims and achievements of ForestLearning to provide educators with quality teachi…
The Australian timber industry has today registered the first industry-wide Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) as part of the new Australasian EPD Programme. The Australian timbe…
At the 2015 National Assembly of Local Government in late June, the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) passed a resolution that supported the use and promotion of timber produc…
Webinar held Wednesday 24th June, 2015, presented by Stephen Mitchell, TDA (NSW) and Jeff Vickers, Thinkstep. It’s time for the timber industry to move beyond claims that “wood is good becau…