Chao Jung-tai, a researcher at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, feels that the public ought to take the forest fires and the oil spill in Lungkeng as warnings of the urgent need to understand the environment in which we live.
林業試驗所研究員趙榮台則指出，正如龍坑污染事件，社會仍應將幾起森林火災視為警訊，它提醒台灣人，對自己所立足土地環境的瞭解已刻不容緩。