Growing forestry jobs through innovation
The Victorian Government is supporting our timber industry and securing future jobs by establishing a centre for timber and forestry innovation in Gippsland.
Category: Forestry
New research helps understand tree seeding in NZ
Human impacts on the environment are changing many biological responses, with effects on rare species and human health, but predicting such responses is complicated, according to a new paper by a University of Canterbury ecologist.
Planning future forests
James Cook University scientists will use genetic testing to discover better ways to regrow and ‘future-proof’ rainforests.
Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging
Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research.
Stopping deforestation: lessons from Colombia
A study of deforestation in Colombia by researchers from The University of Queensland has revealed some valuable insights which could be used to help slow deforestation in areas around the globe.
How agriculture can go zero C: new report
Carbon-sequestering forestry is only temporary and should not be the sole basis of Australia’s response to GHG emissions, according to research released by ClimateWorks.
Mangroves could turn tide on carbon output
Australian-led research has found that land management changes in tropical mangrove forests could significantly affect future emission reduction targets.
First comprehensive portal to track international capacity development support for forest monitoring
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) launched a portal – the first such comprehensive platform – to track international capacity development support to developing countries in forest monitoring for climate action.
Stronger policy support needed to reap the benefits of growing trees near crops
“Agroforestry isn’t a ‘no man’s land’ between forestry and agriculture and should receive specific policy support,” FAO Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, Maria Helena Semedo said.
Innovative forest research in Mt Gambier
Forestry research & development in worker safety, carbon emission targets, design standards, biosecurity, fire detection, and genetics.
Plantations struggle to keep up with growing wood demand
The demand for wood products is forecast to continue to rise towards 2050, based on a report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
Young growing forests offer the greatest opportunity for carbon storage
Newly-published research by an international team including scientists from Western Sydney University and CSIRO has found that younger, regrowing forests are much more capable of taking carbon dioxide out of the air and storing it away than older established forests. In research published in the…