Water hyacinth in Benin: from scourge to inexperienced gold | EUROtoday
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What do the Asian hornet, black rat and water hyacinth have in widespread? These are three of the numerous species, animal or plant, which colonize environments to the purpose of endangering them. In complete, these invasives price the worldwide economic system €140 billion every year, in accordance with IPBES. In Benin, water hyacinth invades Lake Nokoué yearly, one of many largest within the nation. But a startup is reworking this invasive plant into an excellent absorbent for hydrocarbons!
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