Meanwhile, the most precious areas--the low-altitude deciduous and sub-tropical forests, which would, if preserved, serve many important functions and offer the highest diversity of life--have been ignored. Those that have not fallen victim to vegetable farms and orchards have been developed into slopeland residential areas.
而台灣最珍貴、森林功能最多樣化、生物種歧異度最高的低海拔暖溫帶和亞熱帶森林卻被忽略，不是被闢種為菜園、桔園，就是被開發為山坡地住宅。