Tim Bayliss-Smith,^* Edvard Hviding,^** Tim Whitmore<sup>***


*</sup>Tim Bayliss-Smith is a geographer whose research interests include forest management in Solomon Islands and Fiji and the prehistory of Melanesia. His address: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK. tpb1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk
^**Edvard Hviding is a social anthropologist with interests in marine tenure, use of forests, and culture history in the western Solomon Islands. His address: Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Fosswinckels gate 6, N-5007 Bergen, Norway. Edvard.Hviding@sosantr.uib.no
^***The late Tim Whitmore was a tropical forest botanist who spent 40 years—starting in Solomon Islands—on research into rain forests. His interests included the impact on forests of rare big disturbances, forest conservation, and sustainable utilization. His last address was Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK. Dr Whitmore died on 14 February 2002.