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East Africa: Ethiopia's Response to Water Hyacinth

[Ethiopian Herald] In spite of the national endeavor to remove water hyacinth from some lakes, Ethiopia is still experiencing the impacts of the ever expanding invasive weed on its water bodies. The Water hyacinth locally known as Enboch has undergone a dramatic spread-outacross country's water bodies in the past 10 years. Withal, weed removal activities are yet being undertaken through preparing alien plant eradication management plan.

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