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Researchers find better way to delineate tree crowns using aerial imagery

30-07-2020
Research, Trees, Forestry

Experiment station researchers have found that the spectral (wavelengths of light) information from natural colour imagery more accurately identifies individual tree crowns – the branches and leaves/needles extending from the trunk – than the traditional canopy height model when used in conjunction with unmanned aerial systems. In a …

Australia: Victorian Government commissions review to safeguard Victorian Forestry Plan

29-07-2020
Australia, Victoria, Forestry, Government

The Victorian Government has commissioned a broad-ranging review to safeguard the Victorian Forestry Plan – and the regional jobs and environmental protections it will deliver. The 30-year plan sets out a long-term and sustainable future for Victoria’s forestry industry. As part of the plan announced last year, VicForests will extend …

Editor’s pickUBC Faculty of Forestry's portable DNA device detects tree pests in under two hours

23-07-2020
Innovation, Forestry, DNA

New method tests for harmful species like the Asian gypsy moth and sudden oak death pathogen Asian gypsy moths feed on a wide range of important plants and trees. White pine blister rust can kill young trees in only a couple of years. But it’s not always easy to detect the presence of these destructive species just by looking at spots and …

Australia: Timber and forestry innovation centre to be set up in Victoria

17-07-2020
Australia, Victoria, Innovation, Forestry, Research

A National Institute for Forest Products Innovation centre will be established in Gippsland, Victoria, announced the state’s Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes. Officially the Gippsland Centre of the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI), it will be the third centre established, joining other centres in Launceston and …

New Forests Asia attains Capital Markets Services Licence

11-06-2020
New Forests Asia (Singapore), Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence, forestry investment

New Forests Asia (Singapore) Pte Ltd announces its newly attained Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence, bolstering its capabilities as a Singapore-based fund manager. The CMS Licence enables New Forests Asia to conduct funds management for accredited or institutional investment clients. “We feel it is beneficial to be licenced here in …

Using drones to improve forestry planning

01-06-2020
Forestry and Land Scotland, Light Detection and Ranging drones, LIDAR, forest planning

Laser equipped drones that can see underlying terrain beneath a forest canopy are helping Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) to plan how it manages woodlands. The Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) drones have been assisting with the planning and felling of trees affected by Phytopthora ramorum, an algae-like organism. It causes extensive damage …

Indonesia backed off plans to loosen rules for timber legality

21-05-2020
Indonesia, ministry of trade, legality, timber, forestry, SVLK, exports, EU, vertification

Indonesia has turned back on plans to weaken rules for the timber exports, following warnings that continuing the move would undermine efforts to combat illegal logging and deforestation, reported TTJ. According to Reuters, the changes in timber legality rules put forward by Indonesia's trade ministry earlier this year would have ended …

Editor’s pickPEFC stakeholders join forces in implementing group certification in Thailand

20-05-2020
PEFC, Thailand Forestry Certification Council, TFCC, group certification project, smallholders, rubber, Thailand

PEFC and the Thailand Forestry Certification Council (TFCC), its national member for Thailand, have launched a group certification project to support smallholders producing rubber in Thailand. PEFC and the Thailand Forestry Certification Council (TFCC) have launched a group certification project to support smallholders producing rubber in …

Sabah reopens construction, forestry sectors

12-05-2020
Sabah, reopen, construction, forestry, coronavirus, upstream, downstream

Under its gradual reopening phase, the Sabah government has lifted restrictions on the construction, maintenance and forestry sectors beginning 8 May, reported Malay Mail. The construction industry, consisting of buildings, infrastructure, public facilities and landscaping, among others may begin work, announced Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie …

New Forests converts $1.3 billion Australian Forestry Fund to long-term mandate

12-05-2020
International forestry investment manager, New Forests, extension, forestry management fund

International forestry investment manager New Forests announced the extension of its flagship forestry fund, the Australia New Zealand Forest Fund (ANZFF). Originally launched in 2010 as a 10-year, closed-end fund, ANZFF was converted into an extended long-term vehicle by agreement of the institutional investors in the fund. The extension includes …

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