The sounding board

The nitty-gritties

Adopting a comprehensive rating approach

Paperworks

Overall environment health of the pulp and paper industry is far from healthy Inefficiency in resource use plagues the industry

The resonance

The Green Rating Project has already had an impact on Indian industry and hopefully will have more

Bottom of the pile

The companies that have figured low on the ratings are characterised by more than one of the following features

The top bracket

The companies that have figured high on the ratings have more than one of the following features

Enter -The green rating project

Indian industry is huge. But most environmentalists believe it has done little to reduce pollution, which will only rise as the economy grows. …

Instead of just conserving trees, harvest wood from them: study

Switching to wood from fossil fuels for heating and related combustion purposes can reduce CO2 emissions by about 2 million tonnes each year

How not to grow trees

Planting a tree is now bound up in so much restriction and red tape that it is not worth the effort

Wood-based bioenergy production in Europe causing indiscriminate felling of forests

Rampant logging of whole trees is taking place in protected forests to source wood products for bioenergy plants

Up for scrutiny

Environment ministry sets up certification scheme for its forests

Global production of wood products registers growth

Governments need to ensure that principles of sustainable forest management are enforced, says forestry expert

Empower communities to restore forests: Study

Crucial forest-restoration areas in low-income countries — home to 12 per cent of their total population — can have an impact on …

India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO

Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India