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By JIM BOWDENVOLUNTARY implementation of credible verification schemes is progressing well in Papua New Guinea with significant participation by exporters to Australia and New ZealandExecutive officer of the PNG Forest Industry Association Bob Tate told TampF enews the global financial crisis had resulted in a dramatic collapse in PNG markets in Asia particularly ChinardquoThis naturally has tested everyonersquos resolverdquo he said ldquoHowever we anticipate a continuing improvement in demand and export orders ndash perhaps not back to pre-meltdown levels just yet but certainly sustained growthrdquo

He said pressure from markets was compelling logging and wood processing companies to be independently audited for legal compliance before logs and wood products left the

country for overseas marketsldquoOften erroneous and exaggerated claims that the forest industry in PNG operates illegally have the potential to

PNg hastens auditson legal compliancelsquoErroneousrsquo claims on logging hit exports

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Brains of wood promotion join lsquowebinarrsquobull lsquoSilverrsquo wood podium for Olympic gold medalist bull Tassie zones 100000 ha for special timbersbull Packed program for industry trainersbull Events ndash whatrsquos on in 2010

ThiS iSSuEbull industry stakeholders welcome CiE reportbull illegal logging issues lsquofloatedrsquoat the Gabba

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severely restrict our exports of processed wood products to our traditional markets particularly in Australia and New Zealandrdquo Mr Tate saidldquoThis comes at a time when the PNG Government with broad industry support is initiating policies to encourage the expansion of the wood processing sector already a significant exporter of PNG manufactured productsThe association is encouraging its members to seriously consider participation to enable the sustainability of their shares in export markets for processed products

The world renowned quality assurance product testing and systems auditing firm SGS has been carrying out thorough audits of the companies using the Timber Legality and Traceability Verification standards using auditors from South AfricaUnder timber legality and traceability verification (TLTV) Saban Enterprises a subsidiary of the Rimbunan Hijau Group (RH) was audited and a certificate was issued in December 2008 The company is now subject to annual surveillance for the next five years after it started in August last yearPNG Forest Products and Stettin Bay Lumber Company were audited late last year and are awaiting peer review prior to being granted certification for full TLTV and verification of legal origin (VLO) respectivelyVanimo Forest Products and Amanab Forest Products subsidiaries of the WTK Group

of Companies operating in West Sepik Province have been preparing since October for audit (internal) under VLO and are now in the process of applying to SGS this monthThe RH group of companies had started its own internal audit for RH Timber Processing Ltd at Panakawa and Wawaoi

Timber Co at Kamusie Western ProvincePNG Forest Industries Association assistant executive officer Gabriel Samol says the executive committee decided in 2007 to pursue and to adopt an appropriate timber legality verification standardldquoThe scheme is voluntary and the decision to participate was the prerogative of the individual companiesrdquo he said ldquoThe TLTV program is and remains a legal verification scheme and does not make any claims in regard to either lsquosustainabilityrsquo and or lsquoforest management verificationcertificationrsquo rdquoThe timber legality verification could play a useful role in the wider forest governance reformsrdquoMr Samoi said he believed that

industry news

From Page 1

Timber legality plays usefulrole in governance reforms

Bob Tate independent audits for legal compliance

The scheme is voluntary and the decision to participate was the prerogative of the

individual companies Cont Page 4

THE availability of skilled tradespeople across trades and regions in the residential sector is deteriorating says a new report from the Housing Industry AssociationChief economist Dr Harley Dale said that there was a shortage of labour in 10 out of 13 skilled trades at the end of 2009 compared to eight trades being in shortage in the September quarterldquoTrade rates meanwhile are on the rise again but remain lower when compared to late 2008rdquo Dr Dale saidldquoPrice pressure is still modest and trade availability while deteriorating is still considerably better than it was up until late 2008 So it is a favourable time to build a new home or renovate an existing property

ldquoThe clock is ticking however given the competition across different sectors in 2010 for a limited pool of skilled labour There is a clear risk that labour shortages will re-emerge as a significant constraint on the rate of recovery in both new home building and renovations by the middle of this yearrdquo

New figures released last week show that almost 90 of temporary skilled migrants who were granted Subclass 457 visas in 2009-10 to date are managers and professional workers The figures also show that the average total salary package for all new temporary skilled migrant workers is almost $100000 ndash an increase of $10000 on the same time last year

skilled trade shortagewidespread says HiA

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A NATIONAL survey by the Housing Industry Association and the Master Builders Association shows an $800 million reduction in housing costs could be achieved if compliance with national standards was adhered to by the building sectorThe survey was conducted following a review of standards by the Productivity Commission the federal governmentrsquos independent adviser on economic social and environmental issuesldquoThe most alarming issue identified in the review was that nearly all by-laws or local government codes are produced without a Regulatory Impact Statement being completedrdquo Forest and Wood Products Australia standards

manger Neil Evans saidldquoFWPA has recognised the importance standards play in the forest and wood products industry and has started developing a strategy to deal with this important issuerdquo he said

ldquoHowever it is not limited to timber standards construction standards called up by the Building Code of Australia can and will have impacts on the markets of certain timber productsrdquoAs an example Mr Evans said areas that needed industry representation on standards committees were the construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas and residential footings while the termite standard could exclude the use of timber products if the industryrsquos interests were not presentThe strategy was divided into parts the first of which was the analysis and rating of the many standards to put them in categories of importanceldquoThis will allow FWPA to focus on the most pressing and important standardsrdquo Mr Evans saidldquoSecondly there will be consultation with relevant sectors of industry and then the actual development of the standard in a format that will be give the best cost effective and timely solution for industry before the final adoption and promotion of the standardrdquoMr Evans said standards provided a level playing field for industry to supply or manufacture products ensuring materials and products met minimum requirements whether they were imported or exportedStandards Australia has been at the forefront in the production of standards for many years However governments are developing codes standards and local laws that vary or overrule standards developed by SA Industry also produces standards or codes outside of the SA arenaMr Evans said another big player was the International Standards Organisation (ISO)

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Neil Evans consultation with industry on standards

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TIMBER traders have welcomed a Canberra announcement that recognises the input of industry stakeholders into federal policy on illegally-logged timberThe Centre for International Economics (the CIE) has released its final report to the federal Regulation Impact Statement which is seen as another step towards implementing the Rudd Governmentrsquos election promise to combat illegal loggingCommenting on the report the Minister for Forestry Tony Burke said the key task for government was to determine the most efficient and effective means of identifying illegal timber productsldquoWe will take into account the CIE report together with the issues raised by industry stakeholders and the work of other governments particularly

the US and the European Union to identify and restrict trade in illegally logged timber productsrdquo Mr Burke saidldquoThe government will now move to finalise its illegal logging Regulation Impact Statement and identify its preferred approachrdquo

Mr Burke said the Government accepted the critical importance of working with countries to tackle these problems and had established formal agreements with China Indonesia and Papua New GuineaAlthough the CIE report estimates the global cost of illegal logging to be more than $1065 billion dollars a year it believes more than 90 of timber imported into Australia is legally logged

Technical manager of the Australian Timber Importers Federation John Halkett said in Brisbane industry welcomed the CIE reportldquoWe will continue to work with the Minister to reach an outcome that meets government policy objectives and satisfies industry requirementsrdquo he saidbull Queensland industry meeting Page 7

Tony Burke working with industry stakeholders on illegal timber

industry stakeholders welcome governmentrsquosresponse to final CiE report on illegal logging

industry news

Connecting the piecesIndustry supply chaIn semInar

radIsson hotel melbourne tuesday may 18

This special one-day seminar will cover key aspects of the timber industry supply chain together with wider aspects of the timber industryrsquos business environment wood-based

product marketing and matters related to company-level business successTop field of speakers representing federal government FWPA HIA transporters the Canadian and New

Zealand forest products industries and many other sectors associated with the timber supply chainSeminar speakers will include leading timber supply chain experts marketing specialists

technology providers and regulatory authorities

lsquoThe seminar will appeal to the broad cross-section of companies and organisations in the timber supply chain their supplierssupporters and related businesses and interests Leading experts and specialists will cover a range of topics including the changing nature of housing construction and the

timber industry product innovation and marketing activity the lsquodriversrsquo for change and the emerging factors that will impact on future timber supply chain business performancersquo Peter Roberts CEO Timber Merchants Association

Registration and sponsorship inquiries Ingrida Matulis on (03) 9875 5000Email ingridamtimberasnau

REGISTER NOW Free entry to members of TMA (Vic) ATIF and WADIC

after internal assessment many companies would make formal applications for audit soonldquoMembers of the industry based upon market demand and more general market concerns about claims of illegal logging are encouraged to participate in

appropriate legal verification and or certification schemes TLTV is a way forward for most of our companies involved in wood processing for exportsrdquoMr Samoi said all such schemes were voluntary market- driven mechanisms which provided independent third-party assurance

Verification way forward for companiesFrom Page 2


20

10

fEbruary 2010 21-24 Green Cities building Conference Venue Melbourne Conference Centre A joint initiative of the Green Building Council of Australia and the Property Council of Australia Contact HI Event Management (07) 3210 1646 or greencitieshieventscomau Program available at wwwgreencitiescomau

21-27 Truck Week Contact Australian Trucking Association 25 National Circuit Forrest ACT 2603 Tel (02) 6253 6900 wwwatatrucknetau

23 american hardwood Export Council (ahEC) free half-day seminar The International of Brighton Melbourne Keynote speaker Luke Hughes international furniture and interior designer AHEC will also launch its sustainability Green Card at the seminar Seminar registrations Email eventsneilsonpromotionscom

25 american hardwood Export Council (ahEC) free half-day seminar Fale Pasifika Auckland University NZ Keynote speaker Luke Hughes international furniture and interior designer AHEC will also launch its sustainability Green Card at the seminar Seminar registrations Email eventsneilsonpromotionscom

MarCh 20101-2 future forestry finance Conference Novotel Brighton Beach Sydney Contact 1800 125 388 (free call in Australia) or web sties wwwfieaorgnz or wwwforestryfinanceeventscom

2-3 National Outlook Conference (abarE) Canberra ACT

wwwabaregovau

9 Sydney Timber industry institute and TabMa golf day Arthur Clegg Timber Trade Cup Muirfield Golf Club Perry St North Rocks (off Barclay Road) Golfers $90 pp includes sausage sizzle light lunch buffet dinner and presentation Diners $45 pp includes buffet dinner and presentation RSVP February 26 Contact Maurie Parsons Tel (02) 9871 1219

15-17 industry bus tour of Northern New South Wales Contact Karen Johnston at TABMA Queensland Tel (07) 3254 3166 Email karentabmacomau

16-17 4th Global Wood fibre Trade Conference Sao Paulo Brazil Visit wwwpulpwoodconferencecom

21 World forestry Day

22 World Water Day

24-26 international Wood Products association annual convention Miami Beach Florida USA wwwiwpawoodorg

25 annual Timber Merchants association charity dinner supporting the burns unit of the royal Childrens hospital Keynote speaker Joe Helper Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Venue River Room at the Crown Casino Southbank Melbourne Cost (GST inc) including pre-dinner drink 3-course meal and beverages $165 pp (members) $175 (non-members) Payment no later than February 25

Non-members who book a table of 10 will be eligible for member pricing of $1650 Bookings to Ingrida Matulis on (03) 9875 5000 or email ingridamtimberasnau

31 international wood composites symposium and technical workshop 2010 Seattle Washington USA wwwwoodsymposiumwsuedu

aPriL 20107-10 australian Trucking Convention Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Tel (02) 6253 6900 Email ataatatrucknetau Download full program from wwwataeventsnetau

15 Dubai international Wood and Wood Machinery Show Dubai wwwdubaiwoodshowcom

18-21 aPPiTa annual Conference and ExhibitionPan Pacific Conference Melbourne wwwappitacomau

May 201018 Victorian Timber industry Supply Chain Seminar Connecting the Pieces for business Success Radisson Hotel 380 William Street Melbourne Contact Peter Roberts Timber Merchants Association on (03) 9875 5000 or John Halkett Australian Timber Importers Federation on (02) 9356 3826

19-20 Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010 Bayview Eden Melbourne Technical seminar details successful strategies that have been adopted to improve planning logistics and operations through the wood supply chain Contact FIEA +64 3 470 1902 wwwwoodsupplychaincom

21-23 Timber and Working with Wood Expo Brisbane Showgrounds Fortitude Valley

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A SPECIAL 100000-ha timber zone will deliver resource security and benefit to the more than 10000 Tasmanians who are involved in the special timbers sectorThe zone established as part of Forestry Tasmaniarsquos Special Timbers Strategy was launched last week by the Minister for Energy and Resources David LlewellynThe strategy will underpin management and sale of special timbers for the next decade It sets three key objectives sustaining the resource maximising value recovery and promoting Tasmaniarsquos special timbers to the worldldquoThe highlight of the strategy is the 100000-ha Special Timbers Zonerdquo Forestry Tasmania managing director Bob GordonldquoThe strategy recognises the significant contribution the special timbers sector makes to the state The Special Timbers Zone will ensure the long-term supply of this resource to the Tasmanians who depend on it for their livelihoodsrdquo The special timbers sector is characterised by a significant degree of downstream processing such as fine furniture making joinery boat building giftware and musical instrument makingThe manufacture and sale of high value products from special timbers provides employment for more than 2000 Tasmanians and generates about $70 million for the state each yearA further 8500 people use special timbers in woodcraft activities as a hobby or on a limited commercial basisldquoTasmaniarsquos special timbers are among the last premium timbers

being produced from public forests in Australiardquo Mr Gordon said ldquoAs they are sourced from forests with many conservation values predominantly old growth forests it is essential that this resource is managed to maintain a balance between biodiversity and production valuesldquoThe strategy will ensure biodiversity and habitat are maintained through conservation reserves on state forest which include 25 of Tasmaniarsquos 1 million ha of reserved old growth forestldquoThe zone will ensure maximum resource recovery and continued presence of special timbers within regenerated stands which will be re-grown for at least 200 yearsrdquoMr Gordon said non-clearfell harvesting methods would be used within the zone as much as possible although healthy forest regeneration and the health and safety of forest workers would remain the primary objectives

industry news

100000 ha zonedfor Tasmaniarsquosspeciality timbers

Tasmaniarsquos Minister for Energy and Resources David Llewellyn (right) is introduced by Forestry Tasmania managing director Bob Gordon


by JiM bOWDEN

A MEETING of the Queensland Timber Importers Exporters and Wholesalers Association at the Norman Hotel in Brisbane last Tuesday ended abruptly when members rushed to rescue their cars from swirling waters that flooded a yard at the back of the pub after a freak rain deluge in the cityThe storm hit at about 1215 pm and within 10 minutes 15 m of muddy water had covered the yard at Woolloongabba and many of the cars parked thereAlong with hotel patrons the timber merchants waded through chest-high waters to prevent sedans and four-wheel drives that were bobbing around like corks from bumping into each otherMost damaged were two vehicles parked in the lower section of the yard ndash QTIEWA president Chris Woodhousersquos new 4x4 Volkswagen Touareg and the writerrsquos test car Honda Civic which almost disappeared beneath the watersAbout 84000 homes and businesses lost power and trains were knocked out as storms rolled through the southeast More than 2000 lightning strikes hit Brisbane in 3frac12 hours The city received nearly half its average February rainfall of 158 mm in less than

two hoursI have now experienced both fire and flood at the heritage-listed Norman Hotel On June 5 last year the day before the writer and other members of Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 were to meet for the annual pioneer membersrsquo lunch a blaze in a new section of the 120-year-old pub left one person badly burned and created a huge smoke pall visible across the cityThe QTIEWA meeting managed to finish some business before the floodGuest speaker John Halkett technical manager of the Australian Timber Importers Federation gave an update on the Federal Governmentrsquos illegal logging policy processMr Halkett reminded the meeting that this was an election year and the Forestry Minister Tony Burke was likely

to make a major announcement on government policy soonThe meeting agreed that QTIEWA would work more closely with ATIF on national policy issuesldquoIt makes sense to have a common ground approach to illegal logging issuesrdquo Chris Woodhouse saidIn drawing up and implementing a national code of practice

on illegal timber submissions should represent importers nation-widerdquoEditorrsquos note John Halkett was one of the lucky ones at the Norman Hotel He managed to drive his rented car which was on higher ground out of the flooded yard manoeuvring the accelerator and brake beneath ankle-deep water

Calm before the storm meeting at the Norman Hotel in Brisbane are (seated front) Chris Woodhouse Woodhouse Timber Co John Halkett technical manager ATIF Sydney and Doug Bartlett secretary QTIEWA and (back row) Joe Chapman TLB Timbers Rob Cairns Tasman KB Melbourne Bill Walls Asian Pacific Timber Marketing Keith Maitland Tasman KB Brisbane and Nathan Roiko Humes Doors and Timber

events

illegal loggingissues lsquofloatedrsquoat gabba talks

That sinking feeling cars go under at the Norman Hotel car park

What next The historic Norman Hotel at Woolloongabba


THE Australian Timber Trainers Association has promised an exciting three-day program of seminars and field visits for its workshop in Hobart from July 26 to 29Workshop host Greg Howard has assured the mid-winter event at the Mercure Hotel will be warm and that a field trip to one of Australiarsquos most spectacular forests will be well worth rugging up forLike last year the workshop program has been combined with the ForestWorks and Forest Industry Assessment Plan System (FIAPS) annual conferenceThe program will be packed with presentations mini-workshops assessment validation sessions and other items designed to keep trainers and assessors informed about the latest developments in the industryThis year there will be an

optional Day 4 event for people who wish to stay on for a lsquohands-onrsquo validation session of training and assessing techniques The two options are a tree felling workshop at a nearby harvesting coupe or a hardwood grading workshop at a nearby sawmillldquoEveryone is welcome to come along to one or the other of these sessions either as an active participant or observerrdquo Mr Howard said ldquoAll equipment will be provided but you will need to bring your own personal protective equipmentrdquoParticipants need to pay an additional $50 to cover transport costs to and from the siteThe main conference venue is the Mercure Hotel on Bathurst Street Hobart The hotelrsquos Angela Cooper has organised special room rates for workshop delegates The Australian Timber Trainers

Association was formed in 1992 and grew out of a need for trainers in the forest and forest products industry to meet and discuss important issues and developments in the industryATTA provides a voice for the trainers and assessors who

work in registered training organisations TAFE colleges partnerships and as sole trader contractors and has members in all states and territoriesWorkshop inquiries should be directed to ATTA secretary David McElvenny PO Box 1954 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Tel 0403 570 673 Email secretaryattaorgau

events

ATTA Hobart workshop includes forest field tripPacked program for industry trainers

The Tahune air walk one of the highlights of the ATTA workshop field trip

ATTA workshop host Greg Howard exciting three-day program

Riverina red gum report damning verdictWITH almost two months now gone since the NSW Natural Resources Commissioner published his final report and recommendations on the Riverina Red Gum industry we have had some time to reflect on the report and assess for ourselves the impact it will have on the Riverina regionThe verdict is damningThe NRCrsquos report is littered with contradictions and ultimately it is our vital regional timber industries that will sufferThe great hypocrisy of the commissionerrsquos recommendations is threefoldHypocrisy 1 He has identified the need for active management of the forests but recommended that 71 percent goes into reserve tenure By regulation and definition such a tenure

prevents any such activityHypocrisy 2 The NRC recommended joint management of the forests with

Victoria which has recently ruled that no such management activity may ever occurHypocrisy 3 The NRC also recommends that reserves meet conservation criteria which also dictates that no active management of the resource may ever occurActive management across ALL tenures is a fundamental platform of the Natural Resources Commission That means national parks are the wrong way to goWe all know that this tenure will only result in benign neglect not management at all ndash neglect on a massive scale of one of Australiarsquos most precious and sustainable resourcesBut more than anything clarity is critical For Red Gum timber the volumes of quota

sawlogs will decrease from 23450 cub m a year The NRC report camouflages this impact by including low quality sawlogs and areas that are also recommended for reservationBut the NRC yield of 2500 cub m a year is not sufficient to maintain any milling or any value adding manufacturing or furniture business All jobs will be lost not just the 40 suggested by the NRCRed gum timber industry workers and supporters are urged to attend the NSW Farmers rally in Sydney on Wednesday February 24 to ensure the city hears and understands what is happening in the Riverina[See notice and contact details Page 12]

By

ruSS aiNLEy

Chief executive

NSW forest Products

association


A GUIDELINE to help architects builders and designers correctly specify timber that has been obtained from legal and sustainable sources has been released by Timber QueenslandChief executive Rod McInnes says the guideline provides clauses that can be inserted into standard tendering and specification documentsldquoOur industry believes that timber used for building construction and fit-out should only be sourced from legal and sustainable sourcesrdquo Mr McInnes saidldquoIn fact it is a pre-requisite if you are doing business with QBuild the leading provider of construction and strategic building maintenance services for the Queensland Governmentrdquo he saidldquoWith ever-increasing demand for `greenrsquo timber by climate-savvy consumers this guideline will make it easier for specifiers to meet their demandsrdquoThe sample contract clauses in the lsquoSpecifications for Sustainable Timberrsquo guideline state that timbers are considered acceptable where there is a high degree of certainty they are from forests ndash either native or plantation ndash that are legally harvested and sustainably managed or where they are recycled timbersA copy of the guideline is available at www

timberqueenslandcomauIn the guidelinersquos specifications lsquotimberrsquo is deemed to include any timber from tree logs poles round timber or recycled timber with a sawn dressed or machine finish including glued-laminated timber finger-jointed timber laminated veneer lumber engineered wood products (EWPs) and wood-based panelsTimbers that have been salvaged or re-used are referred to as lsquorecycledrsquo timber This means recovered timber that prior to being supplied had an end use as a stand alone object or as part of a structure The terms rsquorecycledrsquo rsquore-usedrsquo and lsquoreclaimedrsquo are used interchangeably and cover materials defined in ASNZS ISO 14021 2000

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specifiers guidedon sourcing legalsustainable timber

Recycled timber louvres shade the west facade of Council House 2 in Little Collins Street Melbourne

THE Tasmanian Government had developed a plan to export an extra 800000 tonnes of woodchips to Asia Gunnsrsquo Triabunna and Longreach mills were due to close for eight weeks from late March due

to a downturn in woodchip exports putting about 150 forest contractors out of work

The in-principle agreement with Asian companies means Gunns mills wonrsquot have to shut down as planned

Woodchips export plan to save jobs


WHILE everyone else was watching 22-year-old mogul skier gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau on the Olympic podium last week wood processors Jim and Karen Burgess were looking at the podiumThe Burgess family owns Spiketop Cedar at Port Hardy on Vancouver Island and provided the Amabilis fir podium used at Cypress Mountain for the Olympic eventsldquoWe couldnrsquot really tell if it was oursrdquo said Jim Burgess noting there are two podiums being used at Cypress for the flower ceremonies ldquoBut I just kind of knew Itrsquos fantasticrdquoThe BC Ministry of Forest and Range has confirmed it was the Burgess wood podium that Bilodeau stood onWhen Jim Burgess was approached by Andrew Ashford from the Ministry of Forest office in Port McNeill to supply wood for the podium he jumped at the opportunityldquoI knew which tree I would use the moment I was askedrdquo he saidAmabilis is Latin for lovely which also describes the light weight and clean appearance of the wood These tall straight trees reach up to 50 m

The silver-like Amabilis fir (Abies amabilis) is commonly sold and shipped together with western hemlock under the name Hem-Fir (also often referred to as Hem-Bal) The timber is used in structural products due to its strength properties Product applications range in residential and commercial construction such as framing sheathing sub-flooring concrete forms

decking planking beams posts and prefabricated buildingsThe rough lumber milled by Jim and Karen Burgess was sent to Vancouverrsquos Bayview Millworks and cut into complex shapes using sophisticated computer-controlled machinery at the University of British Columbiarsquos Centre for Advanced Wood Processing The podiums were assembled at the Rona youth fabrication workshop in Vancouver a community-based training centre that teaches carpentry skills to new Canadians and at-risk youth The podium at Cypress Mountain is 478 cm long 171 cm deep 50 cm at its tallest point and assembled from 241 piecesCarpentry trainees at the workshop undertake a 30-week carpentry skills experience program that began in November 2007 For people who have had difficultly attaching to the workforce the workshop equips them with tools for life and it was an essential woodworking facility for the Winter OlympicsPort Hardy is a community of 5000 people at the northern tip of Vancouver Island in a wilderness shared by kayakers

hikers eagles cougars and whalesLumber and roofing materials are manufactured at local mills while wood-working artisans produce crafts such as turned bowls and sculpturesThe Burgess familyrsquos wood products reach customers as far away as Australia Japan and The Netherlands

Canadian moguls skier Alexandre Bilodeau celebrates gold atop a podium made from Vancouver Island wood

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Canadian gold medalist steps up onlsquosilverrsquo wood podium at winter games

Canadarsquos Amabilis fir which produces light weight clean appearance wood for construction home interiors and furniture


THE International Wood Promotion Network has successfully hosted its first lsquowebinarrsquo on climate change and wood promotion ndash post CopenhagenThe webinarrsquos purpose was to update wood promotion professionals on the climate change deliberations in Copenhagen particularly any agreements or directional discussions that might impact on wood promotion in the future (positively or negatively)

The network is a group of wood promoters from around the world who share their knowledge in the marketing of timber and wood products [see wwwiwpnnet]The group meets regularly over the internet and met in Vancouver last year to share informationThe networkrsquos Australian representative and one of its founding members Andrew Dunn of the Timber Development Association says that since its creation in 2007 the IWPN representatives quickly learnt that wood promotion organisations around the world were undertaking similar workldquoThey realised that sharing experiences could be invaluable in understanding what worked and at times what didnrsquotrdquo Mr Dunn saidldquoExamples of this sharing can be seen in the growing call from wood promotion organisations to use the statement Tackle Climate Change ndash Use WoodrdquoThis statement originated in Europe by CEI - BOIS and is now used in North America and even New ZealandWebinars are a live meeting over the internet where participants

can view a PowerPoint presentation and listen via Voice Over the Internet Protocol (VOIP) like a Skype call but with a presentation attached There were more than 25 participants from all over the world including the US Canada Australia New Zealand and Europe

Forest industry representatives in Copenhagen from Sweden (Gunilla Beyer Swedish Forest Industries Federation) Canada (Paul Lansbergen Forest Products Association of Canada) and New Zealand (David Rhodes (NZ Forest Owners Association) provided a brief on what was discussed behind the scenes ldquoIt was pleasing to see that the presenters agreed with each other but they gave no solid conclusion of outcomes from Copenhagen except for signs of promise on forest and harvested wood products

recognitionrdquo Mr Dunn saidDavid Rhodes commented that the timber industry should be stating that in comparison to other material manufactures the timber industry has its ldquohouse is in orderrdquo and that there needs to be an internationally recognised tool for measuring carbon over the whole of lifeMr Rhodes also said the timber

industry should be vigilant against ldquocarbon cowboysrdquo that could wreck the promotion of harvested wood productsThe dialogue ended with the agreement that more frequent webinars should be held to discuss common interests The next webinar to occur shortly will have Environmental Rating Tools as its topic The international wood community has a keen interest to learn from Australiarsquos experiences in dealing with the Green Building Council and also its development of Life Cycle Analysis protocols for buildings

Andrew Dunn tackle climate change ndash use wood

wOOd PrOMOtiOn

Brains of wood promotion join lsquowebinarrsquoExperiences shared in international hook-up post-Copenhagen

Timber industry should be vigilant against lsquocarbon

cowboysrsquo that could wreck the promotion of harvested

wood products

David Rhodes beware of lsquocarbon cowboysrsquo

W2O10DInnovation

FSC and Accreditation Services International (ASI) have signed an MOU with Chinarsquos certification administrationldquoThis will foster stronger relations between FSC and CNCA to promote the development of forest certification in Chinardquo FSC Australia chief executive Michael Spencer saidldquoThe MOU highlights information exchange training technical collaboration and coordination in the development of certification standards as some of the areas in which FSC

and CNCA will cooperaterdquo

The MOU strengthens FSCrsquos presence in China which has more than 13 million ha of forest certified to FSC standards and 1250 companies with FSC chain of custody certification

Long-term director and former board chair Kevin OrsquoGrady has resigned from FSC Australia He believes his consultancy business working with FSC certification could be seen as a conflict of interests

Agreement strengthensFSC presence in China


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severely restrict our exports of processed wood products to our traditional markets particularly in Australia and New Zealandrdquo Mr Tate saidldquoThis comes at a time when the PNG Government with broad industry support is initiating policies to encourage the expansion of the wood processing sector already a significant exporter of PNG manufactured productsThe association is encouraging its members to seriously consider participation to enable the sustainability of their shares in export markets for processed products

The world renowned quality assurance product testing and systems auditing firm SGS has been carrying out thorough audits of the companies using the Timber Legality and Traceability Verification standards using auditors from South AfricaUnder timber legality and traceability verification (TLTV) Saban Enterprises a subsidiary of the Rimbunan Hijau Group (RH) was audited and a certificate was issued in December 2008 The company is now subject to annual surveillance for the next five years after it started in August last yearPNG Forest Products and Stettin Bay Lumber Company were audited late last year and are awaiting peer review prior to being granted certification for full TLTV and verification of legal origin (VLO) respectivelyVanimo Forest Products and Amanab Forest Products subsidiaries of the WTK Group

of Companies operating in West Sepik Province have been preparing since October for audit (internal) under VLO and are now in the process of applying to SGS this monthThe RH group of companies had started its own internal audit for RH Timber Processing Ltd at Panakawa and Wawaoi

Timber Co at Kamusie Western ProvincePNG Forest Industries Association assistant executive officer Gabriel Samol says the executive committee decided in 2007 to pursue and to adopt an appropriate timber legality verification standardldquoThe scheme is voluntary and the decision to participate was the prerogative of the individual companiesrdquo he said ldquoThe TLTV program is and remains a legal verification scheme and does not make any claims in regard to either lsquosustainabilityrsquo and or lsquoforest management verificationcertificationrsquo rdquoThe timber legality verification could play a useful role in the wider forest governance reformsrdquoMr Samoi said he believed that

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Timber legality plays usefulrole in governance reforms

Bob Tate independent audits for legal compliance

The scheme is voluntary and the decision to participate was the prerogative of the

individual companies Cont Page 4

THE availability of skilled tradespeople across trades and regions in the residential sector is deteriorating says a new report from the Housing Industry AssociationChief economist Dr Harley Dale said that there was a shortage of labour in 10 out of 13 skilled trades at the end of 2009 compared to eight trades being in shortage in the September quarterldquoTrade rates meanwhile are on the rise again but remain lower when compared to late 2008rdquo Dr Dale saidldquoPrice pressure is still modest and trade availability while deteriorating is still considerably better than it was up until late 2008 So it is a favourable time to build a new home or renovate an existing property

ldquoThe clock is ticking however given the competition across different sectors in 2010 for a limited pool of skilled labour There is a clear risk that labour shortages will re-emerge as a significant constraint on the rate of recovery in both new home building and renovations by the middle of this yearrdquo

New figures released last week show that almost 90 of temporary skilled migrants who were granted Subclass 457 visas in 2009-10 to date are managers and professional workers The figures also show that the average total salary package for all new temporary skilled migrant workers is almost $100000 ndash an increase of $10000 on the same time last year

skilled trade shortagewidespread says HiA



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issue 113

Documents

png markets

processed products

vanimo forest products

amanab forest products

wood processing companies

export markets

png government

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