| INDUSTRY SAYS | ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY |
| It'll join national reforestation efforts | It is welcome, but should encourage farmers to grow trees on low productivity land |
| Government's reforestation efforts have failed | Industry's refusal to buy wood at fair prices led to the failure of form forestry |
| Industry can contribute money | Not really. Most money will come financial institutions, like NABARD |
| It'll provide good genetic stock and technology | Alternatives, like natural regeneration, cost less |
| Admits that it wants better quality land, initially, for quicker returns | Industry-forest department nexus will ensure good quality land, and not degraded land, going over to industry |
| Farm forestry unreliable and an insufficient source to meet industry's needs | No evidence to uphold this contention. Mechanisms for ensuring stable can be found. It may even be cheaper |
| People's needs will be met | Needs will not be met. Forest-depenclent people will suffer enormously. And poor farmers will lose the chance growing trees on low-productive farmlands |
