Responsible Wood\u2019s inaugural Life Membership was bestowed on former board chair Dr Hans Drielsma AM during the board\u2019s meetings in Brisbane last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The presentation was made during the two-day congregation by board chair Dr Tony Bartlett, who said the award acknowledged Dr Drielsma\u2019s tireless contribution to the organisation and PEFC International spanning more than 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDuring a distinguished career in the forest industry, he has been a strong advocate for sustainability and for his efforts toward promotion of the highest standards of forestry across Australia and abroad,\u201d Dr Bartlett said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Dr Drielsma was presented with a plaque crafted from Responsible Wood-certified Tasmanian Huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outgoing board member Dr Kerrie Catchpoole was also formally thanked for her valued service and contributions over the past three-plus years. She was presented with a timber chest made\u00a0frompencil cedar (Polyscias murray)\u00a0sourced from Queensland\u00a0<\/strong>and handcrafted by John Muller, past president and life member of the Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild Inc (the Woodies) on the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board also welcomed its newest member, Tara Pederson, who brings extensive operational expertise from the forestry sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Responsible Wood\u2019s inaugural Life Membership was bestowed on former board chair Dr Hans Drielsma AM during the board\u2019s meetings in Brisbane last week. The presentation was made during the two-day congregation by board chair Dr Tony Bartlett, who said the award acknowledged Dr Drielsma\u2019s tireless contribution to the organisation and PEFC International spanning more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":32986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"default","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[50,45,44],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[91],"class_list":{"0":"post-32985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-sustainability","9":"category-sustainable-forest-management"},"authors":[{"term_id":91,"user_id":17,"is_guest":0,"slug":"jim-bowden","display_name":"Jim Bowden","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/J-Bowden-headshot-3-scaled.jpeg","url2x":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/J-Bowden-headshot-3-scaled.jpeg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32987,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32985\/revisions\/32987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32985"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=32985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}