Following the restructuring of Standards Australia’s Timber Committees, initial meetings have been held to start developing new standards as well as changing those identified as requiri…

To complement the ABARES national forest and wood products statistics work is progressing on establishing a data aggregation service for Australia’s forest growers. A contact program com…

Project No: PNA252-1112 New penalties have been established for any business importing or processing illegally harvested timber. The Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 and the Illegal…

Project No: PNC304-1213 Almost 1 million hectares of hardwood plantations are growing in Australia. Dominated by Eucalyptus globulus (55%) and E. nitens (24%), most are cultivated for pul…

Project No: PNC228-1011 Over the next one and half to three decades, changes to Australia’s climate are predicted to affect how growers and owners will manage their Eucalyptus globulus and P…

In response to the introduction of the National Curriculum across all states, schools, year levels and subjects, www.forestlearning.edu.au has launched a new website. The new site featur…

To grow awareness of the WoodSolutions program among specifiers, FWPA sponsors and supports a targeted selection of events. 2014 Australian Timber Design AwardsNow in their fifteenth yea…

Now specifiers can access instant professional and technical advice about designing and building with timber, through the Ask An Expert phone service on the WoodSolutions website. The new…