VAFI committed to Leadbeater’s Possum Advisory Group process ǀ 14 June 2013

The Victorian Association of Forest Industries has announced its acceptance of an invitation from the Victorian Government to co-convene with Zoos Victoria a new Advisory Group for the recovery of the Leadbeater’s Possum.

Timber industry heads out of the woods ǀ 03 June 2013

ABC Rural Online reports that the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has forecast that by 2050, Australia's consumption of forest and wood products will increase by 50 percent. The prediction comes as Australia is forced to build more housing in order to accommodate its rising population.

Read more on The ABC Rural website.

Seeking to protect Leadbeater's possum ǀ 03 June 2013

VicForests' Nathan Trushell explains that VicForests shares the concerns for the threatened Leadbeater's Possum, but that the focus must go beyond the small amount of forest harvested for timber and look at the major threat to habitat: wild, uncontrolled bushfires.

Read more on The Age website.

VicForests wood supply reduction a challenge for industry ǀ 16 May 2013

VAFI has announced it is disappointed that as a result of the 2009 bushfires VicForests’ wood supply to the local forest and wood products industry would be significantly reduced in the medium-term.

CEO Lisa Marty said the decision would reduce the high-quality Ash wood available for the local timber manufacturing sector by 25% and significantly impact local processing, harvest and haulage businesses, their employees and communities.

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