GWG – Genome Wood Group

Frequently Asked Questions

Direct answers to the most common questions.

We have gathered here the questions most frequently asked by investors, institutional partners, and the press regarding GWG, Mogno Bahia®, and our operations.

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About GWG

Genome Wood Group (GWG) is a Brazilian forest biotechnology company dedicated to cultivated noble timber. It combines genetic selection, precision silviculture and field research to produce noble timber in cycles of approximately ten years. Its main result is Mogno Bahia®.

It is the application of genetics and management know-how to growing trees. At GWG, this means selecting and improving genetic material over generations and developing proprietary establishment, management and harvest protocols, applied in the company’s own forests.

In western Bahia, Brazil, home to its research and production forests: Fazenda Forest, in Serra Dourada, and Fazenda Mahogany Santana, where the 11-forest expansion program is under way.

The founding partners are Alan dos Anjos, responsible for forest genetics and the development of Mogno Bahia®, and Abel Ribeiro, a chemical engineer.

The English name reflects GWG’s
international vocation. “Genome” refers to the genetic selection applied to
timber species.

Mogno Bahia®

Mogno Bahia® is a seminal variety of Melia azedarach (Meliaceae family), developed by GWG over more than three decades of selection and four generations of genetic improvement. It produces noble timber in cycles of approximately ten years. Mogno Bahia® is a registered trademark of GWG.

No. Mogno Bahia® belongs to the genus Melia, in the same botanical family as the mahoganies (Meliaceae), but it is a variety developed in Brazil by GWG. It differs from Brazilian mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) and African mahogany (Khaya spp.) in species, genetic origin and production cycle.

Yes. Mogno Bahia® has been a trademark registered with Brazil’s INPI since June 2025.
Because the genetics, the cultivation and the wood’s commercial destination are integrated under a single quality standard.

Three factors: the genetic base selected by GWG over four generations; early maturity, with the first harvest around year five; and a proprietary production protocol, applied and measured in the company’s forests.

Yes. Tests carried out by the Institute for Technological Research (IPT), on timber samples from 7- to 8-year-old plantings, characterized the physical and mechanical properties of Mogno Bahia®.

Yes. Genetic improvement research is ongoing. New varieties will only be presented once their development and field validation stages are complete.

Forests and management

The cycle lasts about ten years, with two planned harvests. The first harvest, around year five, removes half of the planting rows. The second, around year ten, harvests the remaining rows.

Conventional noble timber plantations usually rely on higher densities and longer cycles, with low-value intermediate removals. In the GWG model, the forest is planned from planting for two harvests, both of commercial timber.

The forests are in western Bahia, in a transition zone between the Cerrado and the semi-arid region, on flat land, with drip irrigation supplementing rainfall. Each forest’s results depend on environmental conditions and management.

834 trees per hectare, at 4 × 3 m spacing. After the first harvest, spacing becomes 8 × 3 m.

Yes. The GWG protocol includes scheduled pruning, weed control, drip irrigation and an annual inventory of each forest, carried out by the company’s technical team.

In GWG’s forests, monitored for more than 30 years, no mahogany shoot borer attack has been observed. This pest limits the cultivation of other mahoganies. Management includes ongoing pest and disease monitoring.

Technical visits are arranged by prior appointment.

Forest investment

It is the establishment of 11 Mogno Bahia® forests of 25 hectares each, one per year, from 2025 to 2035. With staggered ages, the forests reach harvest one after another and form a perennial forest, planned to supply the noble timber market continuously.

GWG’s own technical team carries out establishment, management, annual inventory and harvest for every forest in the program.

The volumes shown are projections from the GWG production protocol, based on the experience and track record of plantings carried out by GWG in its forests at Serra Dourada and Santana, in western Bahia, with drip irrigation and rigorous technical management. Actual volumes depend on the environmental conditions and management of each forest, and are subject to the variability inherent in biological processes.

Register your interest on the home page to receive information about upcoming opportunities to take part in the GWG forest program and an invitation to visit the forests. Registration does not constitute an investment offer.

Science and Sustainability

Through field-based genetic selection and long-term silvicultural monitoring in forests of different ages. This data guides the improvement of Mogno Bahia® and the refinement of the GWG production protocol.

Yes. Like any medium-cycle planted forest, it is an active carbon sink during growth.
Eligibility depends on the project, methodology and certifier. GWG studies this as a complement, not the basis of the business.
Well-managed plantings of medium-cycle species contribute to soil recovery, shading, microclimate regulation and carbon fixation.

Corporate & Press

By email at press@gwg.com.br. Requests should include the outlet’s identification and the deadline.
Yes. Brand Manual, Mogno Bahia® dossier and image library available in the Press section.

On Instagram @mognobahia.br, on YouTube and in the News section of the website. To reach the team: contato@gwg.com.br.

On WhatsApp +55 11 94181-3525 or through the Contact page.

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