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NZ’s new forestry rules promise consistency. Will they also increase environmental risk?

NZ’s new forestry rules promise consistency. Will they also increase environmental risk?

As an overhauled rulebook for commercial forestry comes into force, there are concerns it could weaken safeguards as climate risks intensify.

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Cyclone Gabrielle exposed the risks of forestry slash. New research suggests little has changed

An analysis shows forestry clear-cutting limits in Tairāwhiti have barely been applied, as new rules take a more permissive stance on slash risk.

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