ACT Government recognises forestry and timber workers are ‘essential’ so vital food packaging an…
Following concerted efforts from the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and industry, the ACT Government has today allowed forestry and timber operations to resume as essential industries under the Territory’s COVID lockdown rules. Chief Executive Officer of AFPA Ross Hampton said, “We welcome the ACT Government’s decision on behalf of the region’s essential forest industries […]
ACT Government needs to urgently make forest industries ‘essential’ or risk taking food from the…
The Australian Forest products Association (AFPA) urges the ACT Government to urgently revert to the nationally agreed essential industry status for forest industries or risk undermining access to food on supermarket shelves for Canberrans. Chief Executive officer of AFPA Ross Hampton said, “In the understandable rush to protect Canberrans from the highly contagious Delta variant, […]
Senator Rex Patrick draws Federal Government attention to urgent need to accelerate its Billion Tree…
Australia’s forest industries have welcomed Senator Rex Patrick raising concerns about the slow pace of planting more production trees under the Federal Government’s Billion Trees for Jobs and Growth Plan. Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Ross Hampton said, “Forest industries and builders around Australia, desperate for domestic timber supplies, strongly […]
Australia’s forest industries look forward to progress on Government’s ‘Billion Trees for Job…
As Australia contends with major timber framing supply issues, forest industries look forward to greater progress on the Federal Government’s Billion Trees Plan to ensure we achieve sovereign capability to create our sustainable and essential wood and fibre products into the future, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Ross Hampton said […]
AFPA congratulates Andrew Stewart: Farm forester and National Landcare Award winner
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates Victorian farm forester Andrew Stewart who has been named this year’s Bob Hawke Landcare Award winner. “It’s exciting to see a farm forester win such a coveted award and garner this sort of recognition for their work with trees on their property, which works in conjunction with a […]
National timber shortage highlights critical importance of National Forestry Planting Day 2021
Australia’s current timber shortage and the challenges it’s creating for homeowners, renovators and the building industry highlights the critical importance of National Forestry Planting Day 2021 to increase Australia’s understanding of where our timber comes from as well as the climate benefits of production trees. Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), […]
Common sense finally prevails in Australian bushfire research – Drought not forestry the reason wh…
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed new research highlighting that forestry operations and timber harvesting are not to blame for the devastating 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires. The research paper authored by six of Australia’s most eminent forest ecology and bushfire scientists and published in the Australian Forestry journal, No evidence that timber harvesting […]
Aussie industry support sought for ‘Timber Beacon’ at COP26 in Glasgow
Australia’s forest industries are being asked to help build the ‘Timber Beacon’ at COP26 in Glasgow in November, a timber structure to show world leaders that embracing sustainably managed renewable timber industries will help to cut global emissions. The Beacon will be used as a pavilion during COP26 to highlight forest industries to visitors and […]
Aussie sawmills lead employment surge in timber industries
Australia’s timber framing sawmills have increased employment by up to 25 per cent to meet demand fuelled by the COVID-induced building boom, according to new analysis by the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA). This stands in stark contrast to reported OECD global trends suggesting timber processing employment will fall by 18 per cent over 2019-2024. […]
New international research reveals plantation trees for timber store more carbon than environmental …
A new international study in a global scientific journal has recognised plantation trees as the best source for storing carbon and providing climate change mitigation in comparison to other types of tree plantings. The peer-reviewed Nature Communications journal has published a study that plantation trees deliver almost three times more carbon abatement over 100 years […]