"Ecological conservation and biodiversity should absolutely not be equated with sealing an area off to follow its own natural cycles regardless of the effects on local residents," says Chen Chung. Short of undertaking mass resettlement of residents in mountainous regions, it will be impossible to avoid the question of what constitutes reasonable development of these areas.
「談生態保育或生物多樣性，絕不等於隔離封存，任其自生自滅，忽視對住民的影響，」陳中認為，除非山上居民能夠全數遷移、覓地安頓，否則不能迴避去面對台灣高山的合理開發與利用。