Chen avers: “ To be willing to stay even with such a threatening environment, these people must really love the mountains. ” It would not necessarily be a good thing for the forests if all residents were to be pulled out, because that would create a kind of no-man ’ s land that was only entered by people who wanted to rape the environment without restraint.
「在環境如此惡劣的狀況下還願意留下來，一定是真心愛山的人。」陳美惠說，若為了讓山林休養生息而撤離所有居民，讓濫墾盜伐的不法分子如入無人之境，肆意掠奪，不見得是好事。