We believe the future of wood will be cultivated with science. We develop smart forests — living systems capable of producing noble timber with unprecedented productivity, efficiency and predictability.
Long-term breeding programs that select superior parent trees and develop noble-timber cultivars with predictable field performance.
Protocols tuned to each stage of the cycle, from sowing to harvest, with continuous reading of soil, climate and tree development.
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Every planting is also a living measurement system that feeds back into forest science and guides field decisions.
Genome Wood Group grew out of a question that took decades to answer.
In western Bahia, a family of woodworkers recognized, in trees planted by missionaries decades earlier, a wood with rare physical properties — a wood with the qualities of a noble timber at a moment when traditional species were steadily disappearing from the market.
There, a decisive intuition emerged: perhaps it was possible to cultivate, rather than merely extract, the noble timber of the future.
More than 30 years ago, a continuous program of selection and genetic improvement of the Melia family began, driven by the search for a tree capable of uniting wood quality, forest productivity and economic viability.
This work spanned generations and established the scientific foundation that supports Genome Wood Group today. Its first result was a highperformance hybrid cultivar. Its true result was opening a new possibility for noble-timber production in Brazil.
Its true result was opening up a new possibility
for the production of high-quality timber in Brazil.
GWG · Genome Wood Group
To develop superior genetics and forest management in order to set new performance standards in the sustainable production of noble timber.
To turn forest science into prosperity. For the planet and for the generations to come.
To be a global reference in forest biotechnology.
Researchers, managers and investors who believe the future of noble timber will be cultivated.
Founding partner and COO of
Grupo Toky, heading operations at Mobly and Tok&Stok. Engineer from
Poli-USP and MBA from Harvard Business School.
A new biological and productive foundation for noble tropical hardwood.