In addition to a number of large operational LiDAR trials being undertaken by Australasian forestry companies, there have been significant advances in photogrammetric software. High-resolution DSM and DTM production is no longer the domain of LiDAR scanning. It can now also be accomplished through photogrammetry and digital frame cameras. Multi-ray photogrammetry appears to be achieving […]

A NZ$7 million factory producing cross-laminated timber panels is to be established at Tahunanui, Nelson, with its backers saying it provides a ready-made solution for the rebuilding of Christchurch. The first of its kind in the southern hemisphere and 18 months in the planning, the factory is expected to start production in January 2012 and […]

 
 The 12th RENEXPO® International Energy Trade Fair will take place from September 22nd - 25th, 2011 in the Messezentrum Augsburg. The RENEXPO® covers the entire spectrum of regenerative and decentralized energy production, intelligent energy distribution and energy efficiency. The event will showcase the energy supply and energy use of the future with its four main […]

The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office has approved the sale and purchase of about 10,000-12,000 hectares of forested land in the East Coast between two foreign owners. The purchaser is the owner of Ernslaw One Ltd.
The seller, an Australia trust company, has been given clearance to sell five forestry sites in the Gisborne and Hawke’s […]

The Chair of Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Linda Sewell, recently announced the appointment of David Pollard as the organisation’s inaugural CEO.
AFPA was formed in April 2011 through the merger of the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI). As a result of the merger, AFPA […]

Over recent weeks, export log markets have continued to react to oversupply with inventories building and softening prices. This situation of supply being well out of balance with demand is now very pronounced in China and India, and to a lesser extent in Korea and Japan. Irrespective of whether the primary reasons are due to […]