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28.05.19: Timber Construction and Building Height Planning Controls – The unintended consequences of the Planning System
For the property development industry, the benefits of using timber building systems can lower costs and produce faster build times. For sustainability-driven local governments, it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon storage. So why isn’t it being encouraged? A new report has found that mandatory height controls in the Victorian planning system have ...Read More

25.02.19: Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Australia
Australia’s commercial timber plantation estate is fundamental to the sustainability and competitiveness of the Australian forestry sector and growing the estate has been a key Australian Government policy objective for some time (National Forestry Policy Statement (1992) and Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision (1997)). However, after decades of substantial growth in Australia’s commercial timber ...Read More

31.08.18: Tasmainia Socio-economic impacts of the forest industry
The forest industry in Australia contributes to jobs and economic activity in many communities. During the last decade, there has been little information on how the industry is changing in different regions, including change in the number of jobs generated, dependence of different communities on the economic activity generated by the industry, the type and ...Read More

14.08.18: Socio-economic impacts of the forest industry Victoria (exc. the Green Triangle)
The forest industry in Australia contributes to jobs and economic activity in many communities. During the last decade, there has been little information on how the industry is changing in different regions, including change in the number of jobs generated, dependence of different communities on the economic activity generated by the industry, the type and ...Read More