To damp down the feverish demand for the yew, in 1991 the government took the step of authorizing imports of yew from mainland China and Southeast Asia, and from then on reports of illegal logging in Taiwan reduced somewhat.
為平息紅豆杉熱潮，民國八十年政府乾脆開放大陸與南洋紅豆杉進口，盜竊報告也才略微減少。