Under the Indigenous Reserved Land Logging Ban Compensation Act, landowners can apply for compensation if their land meets the logging ban criteria, with at least 70% bamboo and wood coverage and no evidence of illegal logging. However, many landowners lack a clear understanding of the 70% coverage standard, leading to mismanagement of bamboo forests. As a result, many areas are left untended or abandoned, accelerating forest aging, disrupting Taiwan’s bamboo industry, and jeopardizing the livelihoods of bamboo harvesting teams.

Atayal “Bamboo Sickle Gang” Pioneers Sustainable Growth in the Bamboo Industry[In Depth Report]

Source：TTVNews