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

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Government's permissive forestry policy undermines climate and biodiversity goals despite research warnings. | The research acts as a positive consciousness-raising effort by exposing systemic failures in forestry regulation, but the government's permissive policy direction undermines climate and biodiversity goals. The net ethical position is negative due to the high magnitude of environmental risk enabled by weak enforcement.