topics of reforestation and restoration. The issue is dedicated to
Professors Savithri and Nimal Gunatilleke of the University of
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Building on the rich tradition of village
home garden woodlands in their nation, Sri Lanka, they with
their students have applied continuing research, into the landscape
ecology and historical biogeography of its rich wet zone
flora, in path breaking experiments on forest restoration in the
context of the contemporary village economy