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Value Adding In The Regrowth Pt2

At a purpose-built industrial site in heavily timbered Tasmanian forest, a wood processing joint venture opened in May that could signal the beginning of a totally new approach to value added investment across Australia and New Zealand. ... Read

Backs To The Wall – But some survivors have found the rescue remedy

A government careers website proclaiming ‘cheaper furniture imports may decrease demand for furniture finishers … [but] opportunities exist to work on unfinished or damaged imported furniture’ seems to sum up the current state of Kiwi furniture industry, as Michael Dover reports. ... Read

Cutting Dash – MDF produces cashing in on strong markets

The global market for MDF has bounced back after a tough decade – despite a further downturn in the US housing market. Jim Bowden reports that local producers are in the box seat to reap healthy returns. ... Read

Dawning Of ‘Korus’ In Korea Needs Careful Observation

Is Korea the new poster child for trade liberalisation? Attention is on the ground-breaking agreement signer with the US at the end of March. ... Read

Natural Defence – Biocontrol: fighting fungi with fungi

Fungal diseases cost New Zealand radiata pine growers in excess of $100 million each year, mainly as a consequence of reduced growth and increased mortality. However, the industry is starting to fight fire with fire – or, in this case, fungi with fungi – as new biocontrol tools are being developed and applied in nurseries and forests. Bill Dyck investigates. ... Read

Climate Change – Wood deserves better deal from policymakers

There is broad agreement that global warming threatens to change many aspects of life, from the natural environment to economic and social systems. This stark reality provides dramatic opportunities to advance forestry’s economic prospects – as John Halkett reports. ... Read