At that time , locals were asked to cease logging and hunting but were not offered viable alternatives in harmony with their customs . Those individuals had accumulated a lifetime of knowledge through co-existing with nature , and our work was to ( re ) build a wider collective knowledge . Our aim was to dismantle harmful behaviors , so we started by asking them what changes they wanted at that present moment and constructing a plan for their future
Тогда жителей попросили прекратить вырубку леса и охоту , но им не предложили осуществимых альтернатив , которые бы находились в гармонии с их обычаями .