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New podcast WoodChat to highlight the latest Australian forest and wood news
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is excited to announce the launch of its inaugural podcast series, WoodChat. Each episode in the six-part pilot series will include an in-depth c... Read More

Predict forestry climate change with the click of a mouse with new tool
Forest managers will be able to gauge the likely effect of climate change on growing conditions in their specific areas with a new interactive online tool developed by the CSIRO with funding f... Read More

FWPA use TV and online for Planet Ark’s wood and productivity message
Across Australia, award-winning architect Peter Maddison, host of Grand Designs Australia, is entering the living rooms and devices of hundreds of thousands of people, with news about the well... Read More

Socio-economic impacts of the forest industry Queensland
The forest industry in Australia contributes to jobs and economic activity in many communities. During the last decade, there has been little information on how the industry is changing in dif... Read More

Wood a key plank in the business case for bringing nature into the office
Employers looking to boost worker productivity should consider using more of one of the world’s oldest and most sustainable materials in their office fit-outs: wood. That’s the takeout from w... Read More

World-first Australian research breakthrough to deliver strong ROI Foresters to predict eucalyptus’ traits by DNA-testing a single seedling leaf – and profit
Australian researchers have developed a world-leading genetic DNA testing system that can predict key commercial attributes of an adult eucalyptus tree from a single seedling leaf, and provide... Read More

World-first Australian research breakthrough to deliver strong ROI
Foresters to predict eucalyptus’ traits by DNA-testing a single seedling leaf – and profit Australian researchers have developed a world-leading genetic DNA testing system that can predi... Read More

FWPA ushers in new era for commercial timber construction in National Construction Code
Quicker, cheaper and greener construction of retail shops, carparks, storage warehouses, laboratories, hospitals, schools and aged care facilities would be enabled under proposed changes conta... Read More

Call For Proposals - February 2018
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) invites the submission of research, development and extension proposals for project funding commencing from 1 May 2018 addressing FWPA program priorit... Read More

Forest industry adds $1.405 billion to WA’s regional communities: new report
The forest industry contributed $649 million to the Western Australian economy last financial year in direct sales alone, and a total of $1.405 billion once flow-on effects in other industries... Read More