UTAS PhD researcher Michelle Balasso nominated for prestigious global Blue Sky award
University of Tasmania PhD researcher Michelle Balasso has been nominated for the Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award. The awards are held every two years and recognise excellence in forest industry research from around the world. Entries are judged by an international panel of researchers, with the three best entrants given the opportunity to present […]
NSW Government’s revised Koala SEPP strikes right balance for koala protections and primary indust…
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s recognition that the Private Native Forestry Codes of Practice, which regulate forestry operations on private land, already provides significant protections to koalas. AFPA CEO Ross Hampton said Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s announcement today that the Government will be excluding primary industries from the revised […]
Essential role of women in forest industries celebrated on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day the Australian Forest Products Association recognises and celebrates the vital contribution of women in Australia’s forest industries. “The women who work in our industries do so in many roles from CEOs, chief financial officers, foresters, researchers, operations managers, contracts managers, support managers, human resources, and administration to name just a few,” […]
UTAS staff to undergo training in scientific accuracy and disclosing conflicts of interest following…
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the University of Tasmania’s investigation into the publication of a flawed study last year that linked forestry operations and bushfire severity, with UTAS to require academic staff undergo training on the importance of research integrity and the disclosure of conflicts of interest. Last year the Australian Senate passed […]
NFF Regionalisation agenda shows potential for forest industries to deliver more jobs for rural Aust…
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has commended the National Farmers Federation (NFF) on its Regionalisation Agenda paper, which highlights the potential for Australia’s $24 billion forest industries to play a key role in a boom for regional Australia. The discussion paper calls on policy makers to look at the best way of getting people […]
Resumption of timber harvesting on NSW Coast urgently needed to save hundreds of jobs
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed reports that urgently needed hardwood timber harvesting on the South Coast will resume soon, as timber mills have been starved of log deliveries for more than a year and are at crisis point. AFPA CEO Mr Ross Hampton said there were hundreds of forestry-dependent jobs at stake […]
False claims linking fires and forestry is at odds with scientific consensus
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has again rejected a recycled report falsely claiming a link between native forestry operations and increased bushfire intensity. This latest claim comes from a so-called expert review of 51 previously published scientific papers by academics from ANU and Queensland’s Griffith University. The report includes no new research, and in […]
Neville Smith Forest Products expansion a vote of confidence in forestry’s future
The Australian Forest Products Association congratulates Tasmanian hardwood sawmiller Neville Smith Forest Products (NSFP) on its announcement it is increasing production at its Huon Valley facility. NSFP yesterday confirmed it will soon be expanding its workforce at its Southwood site by 30 full time positions, a movie which AFPA CEO Ross Hampton said showed the […]
Incoming Chair of United Nations FAO forestry Committee says turbo-charging timber and forestry key …
Incoming Chair of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) forestry advisory Committee, Ross Hampton, says the world’s renewable timber and forestry sectors must be turbo-charged if we are to have any chance of achieving the global goal of ‘Carbon Neutral by 2050’. Mr Hampton, who is also Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest […]
Federal Court decision a win for Australia’s sustainable native timber industries
The full bench of the Federal Court has today delivered a strong endorsement of Australia’s sustainable native timber industry by rejecting the Bob Brown Foundation’s legal challenge to the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said today. AFPA CEO Mr Ross Hampton welcomed the Federal Court’s affirmation of the Tasmanian RFA, […]