Until 1998, when world prices for tropical timber fell steeply, timber was Solomon Islands' main export product, and, in recent years, Solomon Islands forests were dangerously overexploited.
Ata 1998, cando os prezos mundiais das madeiras tropicais caeron abruptamente, a madeira era o maior produto de exportación, e nos últimos anos, os bosques das Illas Salomón foron perigosamente sobreexplorados.