Lee Ken-cheng, executive director of Mercy on the Earth Taiwan, says that the policy of nationwide reforestation launched in 1996 subsidized indigenous peoples to "cut down big trees and plant small ones," which turned out to be a disaster for the forests. Thanks to the efforts of environmental groups, the scheme was finally scrapped by the central government in 2004.
地球公民協會執行長李根政表示，1996 年推行的全民造林政策，補助原住民保留地「砍大樹、種小樹」，結果造成森林浩劫，在環保團體努力下，終於在 2004 年遭行政院廢止。