Murray Region Forestry Hub

Week 3 Let’s Put Timber Back in the Conversation

Timber stores carbon ♻️

Every timber building starts storing carbon long before construction begins. As trees grow, they absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it within their wood fibre.

When used in buildings, that carbon remains locked away for decades.

For Australia’s frame and truss manufacturing sector, this is an important part of the story. Every timber frame and truss manufactured for a new home represents

renewable timber being put to work in our built environment, with the carbon stored within that timber remaining locked away throughout the life of the building.

As Australia works to deliver more housing, our industry has an important opportunity to talk about not only how many homes we build, but what we build them from. Frame and truss manufacturers sit at the heart of that conversation – transforming timber into the structural systems that support Australian homes while contributing to a lower-carbon built environment.

This is Week 3 of 14 – Let's Put Timber Back in the Conversation. By sharing
consistent, evidence-based messages across the timber supply chain, we can help more people understand the role timber can play in Australia's housing and sustainability future.

Together with WoodSolutions, we're helping industry start more informed
conversations about timber.

🌲 National Forestry Day 2026 | Grown for Australian homes 🏡

Today, SWG and the Murray Region Forestry Hub celebrate the people and businesses behind Australia’s renewable timber supply chain.

Across our region, our members are growing the trees, producing the timber and creating the frames that become Australian homes.

From seedlings in the nursery and sustainably managed plantations, through to timber processing, manufacturing and construction, forestry supports regional jobs and communities while supplying a renewable resource for the homes Australians need.

This National Forestry Day, we’re proud to recognise our members and the important role they play - growing today to build Australia’s tomorrow.

🌱 Grown in our regions.
🪵 Made into timber.
🏠 Built into Australian homes.

🌲 Let’s put timber back in the conversation.

The Murray Region Forestry Hub is encouraging our region’s forestry, timber manufacturing and construction supply chain to get behind Week 2 of FTMA Australia’s campaign and help share an important message:

Timber is renewable and sustainable.

Australia’s plantation forests are continuously grown and replanted, supplying enough structural timber to frame an average Australian home every 150 seconds.

Here in the Murray Region, we know the important role plantation forestry and timber manufacturing play in supporting regional jobs, communities, housing and Australia’s future timber supply.

That’s why we’re encouraging businesses, industry partners and individuals across our network to help amplify the message.

👉 Share the campaign through your networks.
👉 Talk about timber with your teams, customers and builders.
👉 Help more people understand the renewable and sustainable story behind Australian plantation timber.

One post, one conversation, one builder at a time — together, we can put timber back in the conversation.

The Murray Region has a strong forestry and timber story to tell. Let’s make sure it’s heard.

Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4gluA4x

We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Murray Region Forestry Hub website 🌱🌲

Our new online platform has been designed to better connect industry, communities, researchers, and stakeholders across the forestry sector.

The website will be a central hub for:
✅ Industry news and updates
✅ Research and innovation projects
✅ Resources
✅ Events and collaborations
✅ Insights into the future of forestry in the Murray Region

We invite you to explore the new site and stay connected as we continue supporting a strong, sustainable, and innovative forestry industry.

🔗 Visit the website today and follow our page for future updates.
https://murrayregionforestryhub.com.au/
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At a time when land use decisions have never been more critical, how do we ensure we’re getting the best value—economically, environmentally, and socially?

The Murray Region Forestry Hub has just released a new report comparing Environmental Plantings vs Timber Plantations, and the findings raise important questions for landowners, policymakers, and industry alike.

This is essential reading for anyone involved in shaping land use policy or investment decisions.

The report explores:
• Return on investment for landholders
• Carbon sequestration outcomes
• Risk profiles of each land use
• Contributions to local communities

A huge acknowledgment to the team for delivering this work with such rigor and integrity and further acknowledgment to the Central West Forestry Hub for their collaboration on this project.

We invite informed discussion—how should Australia balance environmental goals with economic productivity in land use?

READ MORE 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/47NkRiR and https://bit.ly/49uObLI

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