／Ecological Conservation／

You will be surprised by the extent of how Smangus tribe values trees.

The chieftain told us: they do not cut down living trees because they understand that only living trees are able to create more vitality, they only take dead wood or fallen timber to build houses, to make furniture or as firewood. Otherwise when the typhoon comes, the earth will strike back such as landslides. This is the result of estrepement.

Besides of no logging, they also do forest restoration every year. They planted ten thousands trees last year, and more than half of these tree seeds were from used fruit seeds of the tribe, part of trees were provided from the kind-hearted environmentalists and the Forestry Bureau.

After a whole five-year of no logging, no hunting policy, animals appear around the tribe. And then they have changed their restrictions on hunting to the district, they have divided traditional hunting areas into 10 regions. Only one area can allow hunting activity, while the rest of the nine regions can’t. It needs the high wisdom and perseverance to implement such a policy for a natural hunter of the Atayal people.

Plant trees （Image source：Lahuy） Plant trees （Image source：Lahuy）