DOCTY Media on 25.08.2026 on social media makes it known to the world that when Ghana GoldBod refuses to buy gold mined from galamsey, illegal mining, the problem of environmental destruction can stop. With the instruments available to the Government of Ghana, this problem can stop immediately.

Galamsey was first seen during the 19th century under British rule as the indigenous answer against large-scale mining by foreign entities. After Ghana`s independence in 1957, it became widespread, gaining momentum in the late 1990s until today. Illegal mining is on royal lands, with royals benefiting from the illegal miners while it is the responsibility of royals to be good stewards of the land. Any royal that is not stopping galamsey directly or indirectly with the help of central agencies and the government in Accra is complicite to Ecozid. Under the rules of the Land Act 2020, these lands must be nationalised without compensation, but a bill presented to the royals for reforestation of the lands destroyed.

Royals often side with certain political parties. Party members of NPP and NDC and others are beneficiaries of galamsey, while local illegal miners try to make a humble, normal, common or decent living, most of whom wish not to destroy their neighbourhood so precious for future generations. They drink from the water they destroy and wash their clothes in polluted water bodies. The government in Accra wants to plant trees to heal the wounds of the forest. The trees suggested by whites for reforestation dy from the poison the soil has absorbed. Industrial Hemp can clean the soil over a period of 4-5 years before it can be used for rainforest farming again. Industrial Hemp brings income to locals, able to be harvested every three to four months. This Hemp without THC content can be turned into cocoa and coffee sacks in the Adeiso Jute Factory near Kumasi with better features than Jute. Promised in 2016, 6000 jobs could be created along the value chain. The sacks could be sold to Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Uganda, Kenya, Europe and the USA, along with South America. Cocoa farms will be revitalised, and Hemp sacks can help cocoa trees as seedlings grow better.

Conclusion: Galamsey is not a problem but a decision.