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the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
Greetings!!! It aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India’s
diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change
On the eve of World Earth Day on 22 April, the Research & by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures.It
Journal Committee of the Institute has initiated a landmark envisages a holistic view of greening and focuses on multiple
drive by introducing e-journal facility to support Digital ecosystem services, especially, biodiversity, water, biomass,
and Green initiatives of the Government of India and preserving mangroves, wetlands, critical habitats etc. along
hence reducing infructuous expenditure that impacts the with carbon sequestration as a co-benefit. This mission has
environment as trees are the major source of paper pulp adopted an integrated cross-sectoral approach as it will be
production. From the month of May 2017, the monthly implemented on both public as well as private lands with a key
journal, “The Management Accountant” would hereafter role of the local communities in planning, decision making,
be circulated in the form of e-journal mode to all members, implementation and monitoring. Now it’s time to join hands
students and readers. to create quality environment for sustainable development
and to ensure a better future for our forthcoming generations
Every year printing of books and journals costs heavily on to come.
the environment. Production and use of paper have adverse
effect on our environment, accounting to about 35% of So, as responsible citizens and proud members of the
municipal solid waste, causing toxicity to biochemical oxygen. great profession, let us be sensible to our Mother Earth and
Waste water discharges for a pulp and paper mill contains let us back our Institute’s GO-GREEN agenda to preserve
solids, nutrients and dissolved organic matter such as lignin, our environment.Let us agree to minimize the hard copy
which is dangerous for aquatic life too. Globally, around 40% publication of the Institute’s Journal to become an active
of the annual industrial wood is processed for paper industry, agent to this noble initiative. E-Journal is available in PDF
destroying several trees and damaging the ecosystem heavily. and user-friendly e-magazine formats, it becomes easier and
comfortable to access and read any point anywhere anytime
In the past 40 years, global paper consumption has risen by via laptops, tablets, mobiles, PCs etc.If any member still wishes
400%, with more than 35% of all the harvested trees being to get the printed physical copy, he/she may send a request
used only for paper production. Paper manufacturing mills mail to us.
also emit large amounts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Sulphur
dioxide (SO2) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Paper manufacturing We look forward to your whole-hearted cooperation to
also adds its share to waste production and water pollution. make this noble GREEN endeavour successful.
Production of one ton of printing paper costs our planet nearly
24 trees. A recent UN report on climate change claims that
India is among the few counted nations that will be witnessing Warm regards
abrupt climate changes in coming years. The drastic change
in climate cycle brings with it a greater risk of food and water
shortage which will cause malnutrition in those living below
poverty line. We need to bring dramatic changes in our habits
and attitude as the given deadline is not far away than the CMA Avijit Goswami
middle of present century. India outlined National Mission Chairman, Research, Journal & IT Committee
for Green India (GIM) as one of the eight missions under The Institute of Cost Accountants of India

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