According to the study, money from the sale of timber is a major source of income for the villagers. The report focused on six villages some of whose land were logged during the research periods and others did not undergo logging. The money generated by timber sales is regarded to be the means to escape their plight and to be able to eat proper food and thus to draw equal with the urban segment of the country's population. Most of the timber rewards of people in those villages that underwent logging, have been spent on store bought food. With the logging operations terminated, the flow of money has ceased and with it the possibility to participate in a proper lifestyle.
People have to rely on food resources once the logging money is spent.
Therefore people in those villages that underwent logging some time ago, now feel that they are worse off than before. Although no sustained change was achieved through logging, people in those villages which did not yet undergo logging, eagerly expect the operations to begin on their territories. The study shows that logging remains to be enthusiastically welcomed, although complaints about collateral damage and the destruction of food and water resources are rife. They have been shown the short term nature of such an influx of easily earned money, but they still want to experience the short-termed bliss of drawing equal and change their diet at least temporarily to what they have been told is proper food. The study has shown that traditional land management practices are effective and provide people with enough food in a well balanced diet.