Applications Now Open – Responsible Wood Community Grants Program 2024-25 As of (today) Thursday, October 10, 2024, Responsible Wood is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2024-25 Community Grants Program. Now in its fifth year, the program continues to support rural and regional communities across Australia in creating and completing innovative forest-based projects that benefit both…
PlantingSeeds Projects with Support from Responsible Wood Fostering biodiversity and sustainability in urban and regional areas is more important than ever in the face of urbanisation and environmental challenges. PlantingSeeds, one of the recipients of a Responsible Wood Community Grant for 2023-24, is leading the charge in protecting our natural environments. Their work focuses on engaging communities to plant native…
Responsible Wood Announces Successful 2022/23 Community Grants Program Recipients, Supporting Local Forest Communities In August 2020, Responsible Wood launched its Community Grants Program to support local communities connecting to Responsible Wood certified forests throughout Australia. Now in its third year, the program is gaining momentum and is fostering strong forest owner and community relationships through the creation and completion of…
Joint standard AS/NZS 4708 receives endorsement Responsible Wood, an Australian not-for-profit organisation that develops globally endorsed standards for sustainable forest management and the sourcing of forest products, has announced the endorsement of its new standard by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). JAS-ANZ is currently finalising accreditation arrangements for the new standard, and certification bodies will soon…
PlantingSeeds’ Nesting Box Project Funded with Community Grant B&B Highway, a bed and breakfast habitat regeneration initiative, has been created by PlantingSeeds to support biodiversity and encourage sustainability within our ecosystem, PlantingSeeds’ microbat nesting box program is a positive case study in these partnerships. The PlantingSeeds’ Nesting Box Project was funded through a Responsible Wood Community Grant. The construction of…
As featured by Timber and Forestry E News The Western Australia College of Agriculture at Denmark, a coastal town 423 km southeast of Perth, has supported a Responsible Wood Community Grant application by land care group Green Skills to upgrade a wetland education and farm forestry site at the college, a 560-ha working farm and educational facility for Year 10, 11…
2022 Community Grants Program Connects Applicants with Certified Forests Responsible Wood has launched our 2022- 23 Community Grants Program which recognises collaborative, community based projects, activities or events that connect communities to certified forests and forest growers. “The aim is to support local communities develop, design and implement small community-based projects in their local area in conjunction with their local…
On 1 September 2022, Responsible Wood launched its Community Grants Program. This is the program’s third year, following the successful 2020/21 and 2021/22 programs. The aim of the program is to support local communities develop, design and implement small community-based projects in their local area in conjunction with their local Responsible Wood certified company. Community Grants are awarded for collaborative,…