A joint initiative between the Australian and New Zealand industries and governments, Solid Wood Innovation (SWI) has secured funding for another two years. SWI will continue to operate in…

Following extensive industry and stakeholder consultation, FWPA’s Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019 and Annual Operational Plan 2014-15 have been prepared and approved by the FWPA Board. Both do…

The new website gives FWPA members – from growers to processors and sellers – access to a new online dashboard of market information. Comprising a public area with interactive charts showing…

Each issue of ForWood will list the latest completed projects that have been uploaded to our website. Below are projects that have been completed since March 2014. New Projects Project (Res…

New penalties have been established for any business importing or processing illegally harvested timber. The Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 and the Illegal Logging Prohibition Ame…

In the last issue of ForWood we reported that FWPA had taken the lead in developing a bid for a cooperative research centre (CRC) with the working title of the CRC – Transforming Woodfibr…