He says that the problem stems from the fact that the general public, as a victim of pollution, is well aware of the need for "environmental protection," but that conservation is not so directly related to its interests. People have a hard time understanding why the experts call so forcefully for the protection of an area that seems to be nothing more than a place with trees.
玉山管理處保育課長陳玉峰認為，由於公害汙染的受害者多是民眾，因此國內的「環境汙染保育」多起自民間；但「自然生態」的保育，和民眾利害關係不是那麼直接，因此呈「頭重腳輕」﹘﹘學者專家高談保育，民間卻不知為什麼要保護一大片看起來只有樹的地方？