Jamax Forest Solutions

18/12/2025

Chris Uhlmann’s article about the deterioration of bushfire science (particularly that promoted by activist academics) and its implications for the safety of communities this summer is on point and deeply concerning.

“Adams says the job of being an ecological scientist has been changed by the availability of computing power. The modelling culture which seems to infect every aspect of modern life, has displaced the hard, slow work of science.”

16/12/2025

Reforesting areas of the world comes with major benefits, but adding billions of trees can come with unintended consequences.

A new study details how China’s massive regreening effort has altered the country’s hydrology, shifting more precipitation to some areas while drying out others.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a69638301/china-reforesting-changed-hydrology/

15/12/2025

Last week activists failed to hoodwink Westpac's investors into backing their deforestation lies. This week it was the NAB's turn to see through the ideological rhetoric.

"A major bank has struck a conciliatory tone with shareholder activists after they failed to get the business-focused group to commit to more action on deforestation.

Two resolutions put up by the Australian Conservation Foundation overwhelmingly failed at National Australia Bank’s annual general meeting on Friday, with more than 85 per cent of votes against."

National Australia Bank shareholders have rejected resolutions related to deforestation, but its chairman says he has concerns about the practice.

15/12/2025

Where does the hardwood timber in wharfs, bridges, power poles, floorboards, decking, tools, furniture, panels and biochar come from? How long do timber products last and what happens at the end of their service life? The North East NSW Forestry Hub has answered these questions and many more in a series of educational videos about how hardwood timber products are sustainably produced and used.

One of the biggest employers in the Coffs Coast region, Coffs Harbour Hardwoods have specialised in providing a diverse range of high-quality hardwood timber products since 1961.

Now one of the biggest employers in the Coffs Coast region, Coffs Harbour Hardwoods have specialised in providing a diverse range of high-quality hardwood timber…

14/12/2025

“When you burn for koalas, all the other marsupials benefit,” he said.

In the first week of December, around 30 people gathered for a cultural burn to support the healing of koala…

12/12/2025

The housing crisis is not unique to Australia.

Canada’s housing crisis is a sizable opportunity for the forest industry

11/12/2025

“This data supports what we’ve been saying all along – koalas are not endangered and have never been at risk of extinction by 2050. Penny Sharpe was wrong when she said there was only 50,000 koalas left in the wild in NSW. The Minns Government was wrong when they declared the Great Koala National Park was essential to save the koala from extinction by 2050. The koala has been weaponised by Labor and the Greens on the back of the horrific images during the Black Summer fires purely for political expediency at the expense of the native timber industry and the regional communities it supports.”

Chris Minns Prue Car MP Daniel Mookhey MLC Emily Suvaal Julia Finn MP Dr Michael Holland MP - Member for Bega Dr Joe McGirr MP David Mehan MP Anthony D'Adam Taylor Martin MLC Tania Mihailuk MP

💥 The NSW Baseline Koala Results Are In, and the Truth Is Out.

For too long, Labor and the Greens have weaponised the koala for political gain, leveraging the horrific images of the Black Summer fires to push a false narrative of imminent extinction.

Now we have the data, and it confirms what Forest and Wood Communities Australia (FWCA) has been saying all along: koalas are not endangered, and they have never been at risk of extinction by 2050.

Penny Sharpe MLC was wrong. The Minns Government was wrong.

The NSW Government's first statewide baseline population dataset for koalas in New South Wales estimate that there are 274,000 (231,000 to 320,000, 95% confidence interval) koalas in New South Wales, which further supports the earlier estimates by CSIRO and the Government's own scientists.

The claim that there were only 50,000 koalas left in the wild in NSW was a politically convenient fiction. The declaration that the Great Koala National Park was essential to "save the koala from extinction by 2050" was pure political expediency, not science.

This emotional and political expediency has come at a direct cost: the destruction of the native timber industry and the livelihoods of regional communities that rely on it. It's time for honest decision making based on facts, not political expediency.

FWCA supports a healthy environment AND thriving regional communities. We need policy decisions based on science and balance, not political scare campaigns.



https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/threatened-species/programs-legislation-and-framework/nsw-koala-strategy/building-our-knowledge-about-koalas/baseline-survey

Chris Minns Prue Car MP Daniel Mookhey MLC Kate Washington MP Mark Buttigieg MLC Yasmin Catley MP Sophie Cotsis Paul Scully MP Courtney Houssos Jenny Aitchison MP Jihad Dib MP

10/12/2025

Forest scientists are now using artificial intelligence to estimate population trends inside iconic forest species across north‑east NSW, building on more than a decade of acoustic monitoring.

Forest scientists are now using artificial intelligence to estimate population trends inside iconic forest species across north‑east NSW, building on more tha

09/12/2025

"Australia exported nearly 6 million tonnes of canola from 2023–2024 to be turned into biofuel overseas." Sorry Chris Bowen, but how does that fit your Future Made in Australia??

Fuels produced from waste and agricultural feedstock are tipped to play a role in cutting emissions, but a leading Victorian farmer says political will is required to seize the opportunity.

09/12/2025

09/12/2025

Completed in 2022, the spruce‑built Airship Hangar Mülheim showcases mass timber innovation, digital precision, and circular design - earning recognition as one of Europe’s most celebrated aviation landmarks.

Airships may no longer ferry passengers across continents, but they still loom large in the skies. In western Germany, one company has kept that niche alive sin

09/12/2025

Bit of history

I’ve always been interested in our local timber history. I lived in Wauchope when mills were still operating in and around town. I use to go out of my way to chat to the old fellas especially if I saw they had one or more fingers missing 😂 they always had a story or two about their experience back in the day. So as I process the timber we acquired from the old mill, I’ll be sure to share a few of the stories told to me by those old legends of Wauchope down at the old RSL, on the job, or in town.
We’ve not only lost them nowadays but they took a work ethic with them that will never been seen again… they were hard men.

This photo is Middle Brother Mountain. The track went from pretty much where the communication towers you see from the highway nowadays westward towards Jeruslem Rd. Crazy that it looked like that a century ago and today you can’t walk through there, the bush is that thick!

Actually if you head up Middle Brother to see BIRDTREE the biggest Blackbutt by volume in the world 🌎 and then onto the lookout up at the communication towers, you pass a Tallowood plantation. The sign still there that says they were planted in 1933. Those tress are now beyond harvest ready, they are big! And that’s where this line ended.