Jul 20, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Ghana is soon to introduce a new Legislative Instrument (LI) for the procurement of wood products by public sector institutions for all government projects in the country, ITTO reported. Analysts say that the new law will require the use of wood products for public sector projects from verified legal sources and will also redefine export procedures in relation to verifying the legal source of wood products destined for export markets. The new LI is to ensure total protection of the country’s forest which the government says has been depleted over the years as a result of activities of illegal chainsaw operators. This information was alluded to by the Deputy Minter of Lands and Natural Resource, Henry Ford Kamel, at a Forum on Natural Resources and Environmental Governance in Ghana. The Minister voiced concern over the continuing illegal logging taking place in the country’s scarce forest resources.