Wood took the stage in November at the 2025 Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) in Cape Town, where industry experts addressed delegates in a timber-focused workshop on the theme Timber transformed: Building our future with nature's most sustainable material.
The new R4.3 million investment was announced during a launch event at Wits on 26 November 2025. The programme will continue under the leadership of Prof Mary Scholes, with research focused on drought tolerance, fire regimes and tree responses to pests and pathogens in a warming climate.
The South African Forestry Contractors Association (SAFCA) celebrated its 36th annual general meeting in November at the Sappi Skills Training Centre in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal.