Need assistance to become certified?
3 December 2008
Timber Queensland is administering a grant scheme, with funding from Forestry Plantations Queensland, the Department of Natural Resources and Water, and the Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry, that provides timber merchants, suppliers and processors reimbursement for up to half the external costs of achieving chain of custody certification.
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Chain of Custody Support Scheme
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Timber Queensland provides audit servies that assist with gaining compliance with the Australian Forestry Standard
CPRS Green Paper
10 September 2008
To download Timber Queensland's submission to the Australian Government in response to their Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper see
here.
Emissions Trading Seminar - Key Learnings
7 August 2008
Queensland’s Forest Industry Leaders met in Brisbane on August 7 2008 to discuss how industry can play a role in the emissions trading process and assist Queensland in meeting its targets in greenhouse gas abatement. The meeting was an opportunity to develop a comprehensive position on emissions trading to ensure maximum environmental and economic benefits.
Hosting the meeting, industry peak body Timber Queensland invited leading experts to address the Timber Queensland Board of Directors who represent all sectors of the states $2.4 billion per annum industry, employing 20,000 people. Directors represent forest growers, processors, fabricators and end users in building and construction.
Senior Queensland Government Officials from the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Climate Change, and the Department of Primary Industries and Natural Resources were invited to attend together with representatives from the Conservation Movement. See the attendees list
here.
Key presentations included in the agenda were: