Locking up more NSW forests won’t help koalas
The peak industry groups representing NSW’s timber and forest products industries slammed the NSW Government’s announcement today to lock up more State Forest, with no evidence that it will lead to better conservation outcomes for koalas and without consulting with industry. Timber NSW and the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said that while Australia’s forest […]
National Farmers Federation joins forest industries on mission to investigate optimal farm forestry …
Representatives from the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and the National Farmers Federation (NFF), including AFPA Chair Greg McCormack and NFF President Fiona Simson, visited New Zealand last month to examine farm forestry operations near Rotorua. The joint delegation of members from both peak bodies investigated farm forestry operations that have realised the benefits of […]
Recycling crisis: It starts with the bins
The Australian Forest Products Association is urging Australia’s state and territory governments and councils to work together to resolve the national recycling crisis through a better source separation bin system. Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is hosting a meeting of state and territory environment ministers on Friday, where China’s decision to stop accepting foreign waste […]
Finalise the NEG now
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) urges the Federal, State and Territory Energy Ministers to support a consensus position at the COAG meeting tomorrow and urgently finalise the National Energy Guarantee (NEG). “Governments need to ensure policy certainty for our renewable forest industries,” Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton said today. “The NEG […]
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 […]