An aggressive proliferation of water hyacinth in southern Ghana’s Volta Lake is crippling fishing activities, depleting fish stocks and destroying local livelihoods.
A free-floating aquatic plant native to the Amazon River basin in South America, water hyacinth is renowned for its rapid growth and attractive lavender-blue flowers, often used to decorate garden ponds.
However, it is also regarded as one of the world’s most invasive species.
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