MEDIA RELEASES

Current Releases

• Media Release: STF: Good for the environment, great for local communities
  9/7/2008 - Students and their families from Wagin District High School took part in a major planting of 26.2 hectares of Acacia accuminata at Daradine, 30kms West of Wagin, raising $4,200 for their school at the same time.
• Technology boost for tropical sandalwood
  27/05/2008 - The tropical sandalwood industry may soon be able to use clone technology to ensure the best possible yields of sandalwood oil, thanks to scientific trials by the Forest Products Commission (FPC) and Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd (NPI).
• FPC relocates
  13/05/2008 - The Forest Products Commission (FPC) has moved into its own premises in Stead Road after sharing offices with another government department for the past 16 years.

Previous Releases

• Big timber slabs up for sale
  16/05/2008 - Larger than usual, exquisite rich, dark jarrah slabs and ideal weather conditions are set to make the next Forest Products Commission (FPC) timber products auction a must for all wood enthusiasts.
• Perennials fight rising water
  7/04/2008 - Farmers in the Oyster Harbour catchment recently attended a workshop on the potential of perennials in managing rising ground water tables.
• Timber sleepers best for global warming
  25/03/2008 - Today the Forest Products Commission (FPC) General Manager Dr Paul Biggs issued the following statement, in response to claims made by a lobby group over the Easter long weekend.