AFPA calling for young forestry researchers to apply for international innovation award
The Australian Forest Products Association is calling all young researchers in forest-based sciences to put their hands up and apply for the Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award. These are prestigious awards and the winners will be announced in Canada in 2019, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Mr Ross Hampton, […]
International forestry meetings highlight importance of bioenergy
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ross Hampton, is this week attending Food and Agriculture (FAO) meetings in Rome, including the 59th Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) meeting today. The ACSFI serves as a forum to provide guidance on FAO work relevant to the paper and forest products […]
Victorian RFAs extension welcome but longer-term certainty needed
The peak associations representing Victoria’s sustainably managed timber industry have cautiously welcomed today’s Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) announcement, but say that much more needs to be done to secure the long-term future for the thousands of Victorian jobs dependent on secure resource supply. CEO of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI), Mr Tim Johnston, […]
NSW Regional Forest Agreements strike right balance on environmental, social and economic values
Timber NSW and the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) today rejected unfounded attacks on the NSW Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs), which have over-delivered on environmental objectives and provide a level of certainty to the State’s vital native timber industry that supports thousands of jobs across regional and metropolitan NSW. The peak industry groups questioned NSW […]
AFPA welcomes investment for National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the Federal Government’s investment of nearly $900,000 to combat exotic pests and diseases that threaten forests, through its newly released National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy 2018-2023, Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton, said today. “AFPA looks forward to working with the recently announced National Forest […]
NFF joins AFPA to back $1 million farm forestry co-op
National Farmers Federation (NFF) President, Ms Fiona Simson, has delivered a keynote speech to an Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) event in Canberra this month, in which she outlined the benefits of farm forestry and how both the forestry and farming sectors should work together on the issue. The forest industry’s partnership with the NFF […]
NFF joins AFPA to back $1 million farm forestry co-op
National Farmers Federation (NFF) President, Ms Fiona Simson, has delivered a keynote speech to an Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) event in Canberra this month, in which she outlined the benefits of farm forestry and how both the forestry and farming sectors should work together on the issue. The forest industry’s partnership with the NFF […]
‘Wood is good’ new study finds on International Day of Forests
The 21st of March is the United Nations’ International Day of Forests, described as a global celebration of forests designed to raise awareness of the importance of forests, and the ways in which they sustain and protect us. “2018 International Day of Forests’ theme of ‘Forests and Sustainable Cities’ is a timely reminder of […]
Batman result shows inner-Melbourne voters care most about core issues
Polling commissioned by forest industries ahead of the weekend’s Batman by-election showed core issues such as health and education, rather than another national park, was the deciding factor for the majority of voters. Of Labor voters surveyed, most cared far more about the traditional anchor issues of health and education services than the proposal for […]
NEG best plan yet to balance affordability, reliability and renewable transition
As the consultation closes, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates the Federal Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg for progressing the National Energy Guarantee (NEG), CEO of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton said today. “The NEG, if well designed, is Australia’s best plan yet to balance the key objectives of energy affordability, energy […]