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Housing approvals have reached record levels, with total approvals for the year-end November 2014 at 196,769 up 13.3% on the year-end November 2013. The good news is that the trend in growth l…
Housing approvals have reached record levels, with total approvals for the year-end November 2014 at 196,769 up 13.3% on the year-end November 2013. The good news is that the trend in growth l…
Now there’s a new source of information for professionals designing and building with wood and wood products – WoodSolutions Ask an Expert – Combining an extensive database of existi…
Each issue of ForWood lists the latest completed projects that have been uploaded to our website. Below are projects that have been completed since July 2014. Project No Projec…
Each issue of ForWood lists the latest approved projects. Below are projects that have been approved since July 2014. Project (Research Provider) FWPA invests Total budget Investment P…
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…