NEWS AND EVENTS
Check out what’s happening in forest and wood products and with ForestLearning with the latest news from the industry below.
Don’t forget you can also sign up to our ForestLearning e-newsletter for updates on all the latest news, events, resources and activities and professional development information. If you have news or events you’d like included on this page or in our e-newsletter, please email us the details.
Filter By:
News
FAO International Day of the Forest March 21 2019 - Forests and Education: Learn to Love Forests
04 April 2019
Every 21 March the United Nations raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. This year the International Day of Forests promoted education to Learn to Love Forests. It underscores the importance of education at all levels in achieving sustainable forest management and biodiversity...
VIEWFaceTime a Forester links classrooms with the foresters in the forest
10 December 2019
Many thanks to our amazing foresters participating in 2019: Kathryn Cressell, Forico (Left), Clinton Sim, Green Triangle Forest Products (Top Right), Courtney Pink and Noel Bull, SFM Environmental Management (Middle Left), and Alison Read and Adam, South West Fibre and LV Dohnt & Co (Bottom...
VIEWGeography teachers get interactive with forests at conferences
10 December 2019
Geography teachers from across Australia got hands on with the forestry industry at their annual conferences recently. The Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA) Conference was held on the Gold Coast in October, and the Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria (GTAV) annual...
VIEWThe Story Behind Our Trees conference showcasing forestry in the classroom
10 December 2019
Teachers from around Tasmania have recently explored ways to bring the forest into their classroom at a conference linking schools with the forestry industry. The Forest Education Foundation conference was held from 31 October - 1 November in Launceston, and hosted 55 delegates and aimed to...
VIEWTeachers’ forest tour takes a fresh look at industry
10 December 2019
A staff development day has given teachers fresh ideas about making forestry a part of classroom lessons. Parkfield Primary School in Australind, Western Australia, sent 39 teachers on a learning tour of the forestry industry at the start of Term 4 2019. Their visit to a forest plantation,...
VIEW
