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MPI commissioned report endorses FOA statements that forestry leads sheep and beef farming for export returns and providing jobs.

Click on the link below to read the report from Wood Week

MPI report endorses FOA position

There’s some agitation out there at the moment about farming being under threat from forestry. In my opinion, much of what’s circulating is based on misinformation so it’s time to lay out the facts.

Click on the link below to read the report from the BBC

Forestry is no threat to farming

Timber structures would allow us to draw carbon from the air and store it in our homes and offices – leading some to believe that wooden buildings are the future of architecture.

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Could wooden buildings be a solution to climate change?

The world’s first two automated logging truck scalers, commissioned by Mount Maunganui-based ISO Limited, are now scanning logs at Port of Tauranga, New Zealand.  

Click on the link below to read the report from Friday Off Cuts

World-first robotic logging truck scalers

Click on the link below to check out a video of the automatic log scaling on the NZ Herald site

Log scaling video

Changes to the 2019 National Construction Code increase the range of buildings up to an effective height of 25 m in which fire-protected timber construction systems can be used. The new classes add schools, retail premises, hospitals and aged care facilities to the previously approved multi-residential, hospitality accommodation and office buildings. 

Click on the link below to read the report from Timber & Forestry E-News

Opportunities for mid-rise timber