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Forum Points the Way to Essential Trade Deals

The first United States-New Zealand Partnership Forum in Washington DC put the case for closer economic relations to some influential Americans. But a free trade agreement (FTA) is still a distant prospect and that should be a concern to the forest industry. ... Read

Better Prices Countered by Soaring Freight Rates

The good news is that there is strong demand in Korea and increasing demand for New Zealand logs in Japan; the bad news is that freight rates are squeezing margins, according to the latest Agri-Fax report. ... Read

Lessons from the Northern Fjiordland

This report was filed from the small town of Alesund in Norway and it seems there is much in the country's past and present which the New Zealand forest industry could do worse than to emulate. ... Read

Batting for Forestry

Tasmanian Senator Eric Abetz has slipped comfortably into his new role as Australian Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation. The interests of the forest industries are a top priority for Abetz and he is determined the Greens will not obstruct progress while he is in office. ... Read

Bark With No Bite

New research has demonstrated that extracts from pine bark could soon be used to replace the chemical wood adhesives used in wood panel manufacture. The environmental benefits would be significant and the prospect is spurring fast-track commercial application of the research technology ... Read

And the Winner Is ... Steel profits from treatment tantrums

While timber treatment companies continue slamming each other’s products – the steel industry is capitalising on waning public confidence in timber. The latest row is over an amendment to the New Zealand treatment standard which, when approved, would restore the use of boron-treated timber in H3.1 applications. ... Read

Playing the Green Card – Forest owners publish Kyoto policy recommendations

After several years of bitter opposition to the New Zealand Government’s climate change policy and the its devastating impact on the forest industry, the industry associations took decisive action in April and told politicians exactly where they were going wrong. A small publication, now known as “The Green Card” was produced and it certainly seems to have got politicians of all parties thinking about their Kyoto policies. ... Read