Tackling the spread of hyacinth in Kenya

Source: News10 - ABC (KENYA) 11/05/2012

Fishermen around Lake Victoria in Kenya are lamenting the spread of the aquatic weed hyacinth, but others are capitalizing on the plant.

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Plan to control weeds opposed

Source: The New Zealand Herald - Nov 1, 2012 11/01/2012

Environmentalist and iwi groups say chemicals not safe
The Government and electricity giant Mighty River Power want restrictions lifted on banned pesticides they want to discharge into waterways - including the Waikato River - to control pest weeds.

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RSPB's Llandudno Junction reserve salt water to kill swamp stonecrop weed

Source: BBC News North West Wales
Date Published: 03/03/2012

Salt water is to be used to kill off a weed which threatens a freshwater lagoon at an RSPB reserve where thousands of birds feed on mud flats. About 7m gallons (32m litres) is being pumped from the River Conwy into the lagoon at Llandudno Junction from high tide on Thursday. It is designed to eradicate an invading weed from Australia, known as swamp stonecrop, or Crassula helmsii. The lagoon had already been emptied and will be kept salty for at least a year.

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Water weed discovery at Capel

Source: Farm Weekly (Australia)
Date Published: 02/16/12

A COUPLE of motorbike frogs have led to the discovery of one of Australia’s worst water weeds at Stratham in the Shire of Capel in the South West.

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$8m war on weeds

Source: Maitland Mercury (Australia)
Date Published: 02/15/12

Maitland will benefit from an $8 million warpath designed to control noxious weeds and protect the environment.

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MMDA wages war on water hyacinths

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Date Published: 02/17/12

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has started using a locally developed “water hyacinth harvester” to speed up the removal of the fast-growing aquatic plant, a river-choking nuisance partly blamed for flooding in the metropolis.

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