Rescheduled: Now running 23-24 Feb 2022, Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND | In-Person + Virtual Online Event
ForestTECH News provides the latest updates on breaking news, research results, reports and links relevant to forest resource management and planning in Australasia.
Subscribe to Updates
ForestTECH Events has, since 2007, been Australasia’s leading annual technology event for forest resource and tree crop managers, remote sensing and GIS specialists and inventory foresters.
ForestTECH 2021/22
Latest News & Technologies
ForestTECH News | Issue 53
Welcome to the latest issue of Foresttech.News. As 2021 comes to a close, it's been a year where Covid-19 has once again dominated the headlines, disrupted supply chains and threatened business as usual. However, it has also been a boom for many within the forestry industry, as increased domestic construction and reopening of international trade has seen timber in high demand ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Glyphosate’s economic and environmental Benefits
Food and pasture growers as well as the forestry industry rely on glyphosate to prevent deep-rooted weeds from taking over their crops and decimating productivity, according to a report by ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
TreeMapper App developed for farm foresters
Private Forests Tasmania and the Forest Practices Authority have developed Treemapper, a farm and forestry property planning app. The ‘Property Planning Mapper’ mobile application will deliver a handful of mapping ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Video Section
See our brand new video section. This is a great way to check out what's happening within forestry management.
View Videos
Subscribe to Updates
Industry news, technologies & events
News & Technologies Cont.
Changes for Australian forest reporting?
This ABARES Position Paper identifies drivers for change in the mechanism of forest reporting through Australia’s State of the Forests Report (SOFR), including increasing user expectations for access to current ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Major study to assess erosion and sediment control
Safeguarding New Zealand’s waterways is the key driver behind a seven-year study into the performance of control practices for reducing erosion and sediment delivered to rivers from forest harvesting. The ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Ernslaw One announces NZ forest sales
Ernslaw One and its advisor Cranleigh Partners have announced that Ernslaw has completed an agreement to sell the Whangapoua and Ruatoria forests with a combined area of 15,100 productive hectares ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
ArborGen to sell Australia and NZ assets
Tree seedling company ArborGen has agreed to sell its New Zealand and Australian assets to a consortium led by Hugh Fletcher for $22.25 million. ArborGen is one of the last ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Software unveiled to forecast bushfire damage
Revolutionary Bushfire Management platform leverages multiple data sources and climate change-adjusted fire weather projections to predict rate of bushfire spread and intensity, fuel loads and preparedness levels. The platform has ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
ForestTECH News | Issue 52
Welcome to the latest issue of Foresttech.News. A lot can happen in just a month. As you many of you will have heard, due to New Zealand's current covid-19 outbreak and ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
New Videos added to Video Showcase
In the lead up to ForestTECH 2021/22, we will be adding new videos to our ForestTECH News Video Showcase page. This page already has over 50 forest technology videos and ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Planet’s Rapid SkySat Data Enables Effective Regional Bushfire Management In Australia
Civil governments around the world are making sustainable strides in local environmental management; and by using satellite-enabled data, they are able to analyze and support preventative management techniques to protect ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Stora Enso precision forestry innovations
As part of the eagerly awaited annual forest technology event, two key presenters from the European forestry giant, Stora Enso Oy will be presenting as part of ForestTECH 2021/22. The ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Safe Use of Agrichemicals manual updated
Disease and pest free animals and crops rely on agrichemical use. Pesticides, detergents and sanitisers are a critical component of New Zealand’s NZ$48 billion agricultural sector.The recently released and updated ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Postponement of ForestTECH 2021 event
After talking to presenters, exhibitors and delegates for this year’s eagerly awaited ForestTECH 2021 event that was planned to run on 23-24 November 2021, it has been agreed to postpone the ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Two pension funds acquire NZ forestry asset
Two European pension funds, APG Asset Management (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, and UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF), have agreed to purchase Sinotrans New Zealand ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
DroneSeed raises US$36 million
DroneSeed has announced it has raised US$36 million in its Series A funding round. The round was led by Social Capital and Seven Seven Six, with participation from new and ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
ForestTECH News | Issue 51
Welcome to the latest issue of Foresttech.News. We are now only 6 weeks before ForestTECH 2021 runs in Rotorua, New Zealand and virtually for our Australian and international delegates. As its ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Using SilviScan technology for climate-impact research
SilviScan is a multifaceted technology comprised of an advanced suite of software and instruments including a cell scanner, x-ray densitometer, and x-ray diffractometer, which are used together to measure wood ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Plan to plant a billion trees yet to take root
In September 2018, the federal government unveiled a plan to radically expand Australia's timber plantations by one billion trees over a decade. Today, less than 1 per cent of that ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Dawn joins NZ Gov’t programme to accelerate integration of remotely piloted aircraft
Dawn Aerospace has joined the New Zealand Airspace Integration Trials Programme (AITP). The news was announced yesterday by Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, Hon Megan Woods. The AITP’s mission ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Free US$43m high-resolution imagery now available
In September 2020, the Norwegian Government announced a contract providing public access to high-resolution satellite imagery of tropical forests. Never has the public had open access to satellite imagery with ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
Changes to forestry provisions in the ETS
Amendments to the Climate Change Response Act 2002 in June 2020 delivered a range of improvements to the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). These reforms aim to drive a substantial ...
Read More / Comment
Read More / Comment
