RECENT RELEASES
AFPA calls on native forestry critics to drop the weapons and join the battle against climate change
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) says a landmark study into the Black Summer bushfires confirming timber harvesting operations do not increase bushfire severity, and that the biggest factor is climate change, is an opportunity for all sides of the...
Unanimous Federal Court decision a major win for Victorian hardwood timber industry, confirms RFAs provide national environmental protections
The full bench of the Federal Court has today delivered an historic win for Australia’s sustainable native forest industries by confirming that forestry operations covered by Regional Forest Agreements provide all the environmental protections required by national...
Sixteen months on from bushfires, forest industries’ mission to use as much burnt timber as possible for home construction is coming to an end
As demand for Australian timber soars off the back of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced housing construction boom, forest industries should be congratulated for the amazing work they have done to mill a huge volume of sawlogs that were blackened during the 2019-20 summer...
More sustainable forest industries essential to meet global 2050 carbon neutrality goal, says new UN FAO Forestry Advisory Chair, Ross Hampton
The newly installed Chair of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (UN FAO) Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI), Ross Hampton, has made it clear that increasing sustainable forestry and timber industries is key to...
Contribution of trailblazing forest industries’ women will be highlighted at National Forest Industry Awards in September
Women in Australia’s forest industries will be a celebrated at the Australian Forest Products Association’s (AFPA) Gala Dinner and National Forest Industries Awards, at Parliament House in Canberra this September, Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Ross Hampton said...