September 25, 2024
July 27, 2024
July 27, 2024
ATEM-OFD project to enhance forest monitoring in Offinso Forest District of Ghana
March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024
In a significant stride towards promoting legal and sustainable timber trade practices in Ghana, the Domestic Timber Trade Network (DoTTNeT) has been launched, as part of the Restoration for Resilience and Recovery (3R) project.
November 6, 2023
November 6, 2023
In a significant stride towards promoting legal and sustainable timber trade practices in Ghana, the Domestic Timber Trade Network (DoTTNeT) has been launched, as part of the Restoration for Resilience and Recovery (3R) project.
September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023
The Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC) in collaboration with the GIZ Digital Transformation Centre in Ghana is currently spearheading a groundbreaking initiative aimed at equipping members of the Women in Timber Ghana Association (WiTG) with essential digital skills.
July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023
KWC, in collaboration with the TIDD of FC, recently concluded a comprehensive three-day training workshop aimed at equipping Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs), Small and Medium Scale Forest Enterprises (SMFEs), and members of the Women in Timber Ghana Association (WiTG) with vital knowledge on legal requirements for timber production and trade.
April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023
KWC is looking for a consultant to develop a case study to assess the potential volumes of legal timber production and main species available on registered cocoa and small plantations in the Ashanti Region.
December 20, 2022
December 20, 2022
KWC wishes you and yours, a wonderful festive Season and prosperous New Year!
November 20, 2022
November 20, 2022
KWC, the implementation partner for the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP) in the Atewa hotspot intervention area, is creating livelihood options in beekeeping, mushroom and snail farming for smallholder cocoa farmers who have adopted climate-smart farming practices.
November 1, 2022
November 1, 2022
Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC), the Timber Industry Development Division of the Forestry Commission and the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry, supported by the UKaid and UKTTF, organized the foremost timber exhibition event, in recent times, on the theme: "Emerging wood species fit for housing development and construction works in Ghana".
October 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
The Compendium of Some Ghanaian Timber Species published by KWC, with funding support from the UKaid through the FGMC programme, is now available online.
September 20, 2022
September 20, 2022
KWC, in partnership with the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry and Timber Industry Development Division of Ghana's Forestry Commission Ghana, is inviting all and sundry to a major trade show of Ghana-made wood products using plantation and lesser-used wood species.
May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022
Women in Timber Ghana Association (WiTG), the first ever national association of women entrepreneurs in the timber industry and forest sector, launched.
October 28, 2021
October 28, 2021
Forest enterprises equipped with new skills for legal and safe timber production in Ghana with financial support through the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme.
September 20, 2021
September 20, 2021
Operators of Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) feel more capable of meeting Ghana's timber legality standards (GhLAS) following interventions by the Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC) and Preferred by Nature.
August 9, 2021
August 9, 2021
Mr. Gustav Alexander Adu, the Executive Dorector of Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC) has been appointed along with 10 others to serve on the Governing Board of the Forestry Commission of Ghana.
June 14, 2021
June 14, 2021
KWC has a vacancy for a Graphic Designer (GD) to be filled as soon as possible. This position is a 3-month part time contract, with a possibility for subsequent retainership.
June 2, 2021
June 2, 2021
A mobile application to help capture data in the country's domestic Timber market will soon revolutionize Ghana's timber and forestry resources sector.
May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021
Small, Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) have been trained and encouraged to undertake proper documentation of their processes and activities in accordance with Regulation 76 of the Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulation 2017, (LI 2254)
February 2, 2021
February 2, 2021
KWC has a vacancy for a Senior Project Officer (SPO) in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Science to be filled as soon as possible.
February 4, 2020
February 4, 2020
The Kumasi Wood Cluster (KWC) and the Ghana Timber Millers Organization (GTMO) have introduced an innovative marketing communication strategy to help the private sector capitalise on opportunities in the European Union (EU).
April 14, 2016
April 14, 2016
The days when active involvement of community members and farmers in the lumber business was dismissed as irrelevant, are long gone.
September 13, 2014
September 13, 2014
Timber contractors, firms and sawn millers have been warned not to transport timber at night.