The annual cultural festival, the National Festival of Arts and Dary Cultures is on going in Ndjamena, the capital city of Chad. The event was launched on Saturday December 24th by the president o

An IWCS documentary team is in Arizona filming and documenting indigenous wood culture as part of a series on this subject.  We first visited the home of Aileen Setren, widow of the late Jim Lind

Kyoto, a city in central Honshu Island in Japan, had been the capital for Japanese emperors for centuries. Here, you can find abundant traditional craftsmanship and wooden architectures that emb

From 6 to11 May, IWCS had attended to a two-day conference -“Oneness of Nature and Culture for Sustainable Ecosystem Conservation”, held by Restoration Ecology Society of the Philippines-Sa

International Research Group on wood (IRG) is a group of scientists and technologists focus on generating knowledge of wood deterioration and protection. Each year, hundreds of wood professionals f