The problem is that we label aboriginal traditions as "ecologically wise" based on modern concepts of resource management developed in the in dustrialized world. But aboriginal culture is not some theory, but a practical way of life. It is a community culture produced through countless generations coexisting with nature, and includes a full complement of religious, ethical and social beliefs and values.
原因是，所謂生態保育的智慧，源自於西方人定勝天的保育管理自然資源理論；原住民的山林文化卻不是理論，而是真實的生活實踐，是千百年來與山林共存共榮所自然產生的部落文化。