Category: Timber Industry

Timber Plantation to Grow Jobs in Victoria

The Victorian government will invest $120 million in a soft timber plantation in the state’s southeast. Hancock Victorian Plantations will match the spending to buy, lease and manage more than 14,000 hectares of softwood plantations. It is expected 16 million new trees, mainly pine will be planted in Gippsland in eastern Victoria under the deal….


China’s Massive Import of Timber Raises Alarm on Global Forest Industry

China’s recent years of dramatically purchasing log material have caused a survival crisis in the wood processing industries in many countries. French wood manufacturers have launched a petition calling on the EU to restrict the exportation of log material. “It’s time to wake up to the fact that European sawmills are now facing closures and…