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A race against time: The giant weeds taking over Lake Ossa in Cameroon

Lake Ossa, Cameroon
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• Updated: 12/05/2021
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Cameroon’s coastal waters have been invaded by three of the world’s most dangerous water weeds, proving an existential threat to aquatic ecosystems and livelihoods of riparian communities.
The latest of these weeds, Salvinia molesta, is
a free-floating, green-brown freshwater fern with branching horizontal stems. It has already invaded more than 40 per cent of
Lake Ossa (4,000 hectares), the largest natural lake found on Cameroon’s coast, since 2016.
The weed doubles in size every 10 days.
The other two, water lettuce and
water hyacinth, appeared much earlier - in 1949 and 1970 respectively, according to the Cameroon National Herbarium, a collection centre for plant specimens.

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Weeding Out Invasive Plant Critical For Survival Of Protected Species And Fishermen

Weeding Out Invasive Plant Critical For Survival Of Protected Species And Fishermen
Weeding Out Invasive Plant Critical For Survival Of Protected Species And Fishermen
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon- — A fishing community in Cameroon is racing against time to save Lake Ossa, one of the country’s largest, from a floating fern that thrives in slow-moving, nutrient-rich warm freshwater.
The invasive plant — Salvinia molesta— has already covered 40 percent of the lake’s 9,884-acre (4,000-hectare) surface, according to the African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization in Cameroon. The plant is degrading the habitat of rare, protected wildlife, including the African manatee, which is listed as “vulnerable” on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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