Tiwi Plantations Corporation – based 80 kilometres north of Darwin on the Tiwi Islands – has released the Tiwi Forestry Workforce Plan 2026–2030, a coordinated roadmap designed to grow Tiwi participation in forestry and strengthen long-term local employment across the industry. The plan outlines the stages of forestry on the plantation, the [...]
Tree Traditions: New plantation model for Tiwi Island forestry Traditional owners and commercial tropical forestry experts have developed a new plantation model which could mean a big boost in jobs and security for the future of the Tiwi people. Watch the story here. ABC Journalist, Kristy O’Brien Posted Sun 2 Jul [...]
Creating jobs for future generations is at the heart of an Indigenous-owned and led forestry project on the Northern Territory’s Tiwi Islands, according to the Tiwi Plantations Corporation (TPC) Chair Kim Puruntatameri. Mr Puruntatameri recently led a site and port tour at TPC’s Melville Island headquarters and said the 3-year, [...]
Evaluating an opportunity that has the potential to meet growing demand for softwood timber products plus create an additional income stream for Northern Australia’s graziers is the focus of a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) research collaboration. The three-year Silvopastoral trials for commercial pine systems in North [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA)’s latest collaboration is tipped to increase the export value of the Tiwi Islands forestry industry with the development of improved tree species and management practices over the next 3 years. Project participants will officially kick off the three-year, $4.6 million Maximising [...]
A Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) study has identified the Northern Australian forestry and forest products industry could potentially treble its production value to up to $300 million per annum and create 600 new jobs over the next five to ten years. The report found the sector [...]
The northern Australia forestry and forestry products situational analysis project team will be hosting a free consultation forum in Kununurra, WA on Thursday 5 September, 2019. Venue: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Conference Room, 1 Durack Drive, Kununurra. Date: Thursday 5 September Time: 10 am to 12 noon RSVP by Thursday 29 [...]
Forestry industry stakeholders are the central plank of a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project to identify the growth potential for northern Australia’s forestry and forestry products industry. Speaking in Cairns today Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Senator Matt Canavan announced the $209,300 CRCNA research [...]