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Scientific findings August 1997-June 2002
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
Water hyacinth –Eichhornia crassipes (mart) Solms (Pontederiaceae), is widely recognized as the world worst aquatic weed. Likewise, water hyacinth is considered to be the most serious aquatic weed in Tanzania. This free ...
Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
This is a report of the third simultaneous Frame Survey conducted on Lake Victoria on 27 - 30th April 2004. The survey was carried out simultaneously between the three partner states sharing Lake Victoria. It involved a ...
Water hyacinth on the River mouth to Lake Victoria 2011
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)
Aquatic weeds adversely affect water quality, biodiversity, amenity and
recreational values of water bodies. Community, social, cultural and economic
values derived from such water bodies are therefore impaired. Invasive ...
Lessons learnt: water hyacinyh control component
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
The Water Hyacinth Control Component (WHCC) is one of the 10 components of LVEMP. The overrall goal of the components‟ focus is to control water hyacinth by reducing the weed to a manageable level. The approach chosen was ...