Invasive Water Hyacinth to Fuel Change for Kenya's Lake Victoria
The Centre for Innovation Science and Technology in Africa is making the best out of the water hyacinth plaguing Lake Victoria by turning the invasive plant species into a source of cheap ethanol.
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Kenya: Investors Turn Invasive Water Hyacinth Into Cheap Fuel
IPS, 19 December 2018
Currently 30 square kilometres of Lake Victoria, which stretches to approximately 375 kilometres and links Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, is covered with the evasive water hyacinth… Read more »
Photo: Ecologists Without Borders
Boats along the shore of Lake Victoria surrounded by water hyacinth.
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The future of over 30 million people hangs in the balance following resurgence of water hyacinth which has invaded over five acres of water in Kisumu halting fishing and other ... Read more »
