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Industry
Initiatives
Growing our
industry
Explore the latest projects underway to support the future growth of our industry:
Canopy is Queensland’s forest and timber industry training and careers hub for promoting and growing a sustainable workforce which is managed and delivered by Timber Queensland.
A Timber Queensland Growth Scholarship offers funding to Queensland based forest and timber industry professionals and workers who are in their early or mid-career years.
Growth Scholarships facilitate access to learning experiences and opportunities that will foster a passion for working in the forest and timber industry and enhance career pathways.
Queensland's regional forestry hubs, the South & Central Queensland and North Queensland Regional Forestry Hubs, are part of a network of 11 hubs funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to determine and pursue priorities for their local region. The Queensland Hubs are managed and delivered by Timber Queensland.
Addressing the need to attract and retain workers in the Wide Bay region, Timber Queensland has partnered with Jobs Queensland to develop a workforce plan and action-based initiatives for the forest and timber industry through a new state government funded ‘Grow Your Own’ program.
Buy timber from a member of the accredited Queensland timber merchant network and you’re guaranteed to receive true to label, fit for purpose Queensland timber at a fair price.
As a bonus you'll get the right advice from network staff who are fully trained on building regulations and technical aspects of timber application and use.
Find your nearest accredited Queensland timber merchant via the postcode tool and look out for businesses displaying the accredited Queensland timber merchant signage logo.
Only timber products that have been grown and manufactured in Queensland can display the Accredited Queensland Timber Product logo.
Visit the BuyQldTimber.com.au website to learn more about accredited timber products in Queensland.
Timber Queensland is championing applied agroforestry R&D and extension in Queensland for enhanced profitability for landowners and investors through the integration of timber, carbon and beef production. This has included a three-year silvopastoral trial of commercial pine systems in North Queensland.
By helping sales permittees, operators and contractors to understand what they need to know, our goal is to support industry in complying with native forest legislative and regulatory requirements. This website aims to support the future of the forestry industry, and the forests we work in.
Timber Queensland was the lead participant in a Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project to identify the status and growth potential for northern Australia’s forestry and forestry products industry. The study identified the Northern Australian 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.
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