Nov 02, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. Following the conclusion of the G8 Summit at Gleneagles, Scotland last July, the Japanese government plans to base its wood products procurement policy on wood certified from stump to processor sourced from sustained yield forests for both domestic and import materials. To be certif ied, one of following will need to be furnished: 1. A forest authentication issued by official certification bodies; 2. A certificate authorized and issued by industrial groups; or 3. A certificate issued by large corporation (private timber holding companies) or local governments, certifying its wood or wood products. Once the Cabinet approves the law the current fiscal year, government agencies are expected to set up procurement programmes and start purchasing legally authorized wood products from 2006. The main purpose of the law is to abolish the use of illegally harvested timber by tracking the source.