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In 1884, Louisiana displayed South American water hyacinth for its lavender flowers; within decades, floating mats covered 126,000 Florida acres and blocked waterwaysOriginating in 1884, water hyacinth transformed into a significant nuisance for Florida by the 1950s. This aggressive floating plant overto...- Oil India Ltd & GMC ink MoU to collaborate on transformation of Municipal Solid Waste into compressed biogasOil India Limited (OIL) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on co...
- A weed is making the Hindon flood situation worse in Noida, Ghaziabad. Read howHyacinth, an invasive aquatic weed, could be a possible reason for the excessive water level in the river. The Hindon, mostly looking like ...
- Rakhis from water hyacinths: Why a Bengal civic body is sending them to global leadersWater hyacinths, locally known as 'Kochuripana', grow in abundance in the lakes, ponds and rivers of West Bengal. The local body of Bongaon...
- Lease of Life: Once dead, the freshwater lake in Cuttack is now a haven for birdsSituation had become so dire that by 2007, nearly all of the 182-hectare lake in Banki in Cuttack district was covered by the weeds except ...
- Invasive alien plants could be promoted as foodKolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Invasive plant species such as alligator weed, which threatens natural ecosystem, could be promoted as a food produc...
- Hundreds of fish dying in Himachal wetlandsLocated about 24km from Mandi, the Rewalsar wetlands, which were included in the list of wetlands of national importance by the ministry of...
- Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to clean Sabarmati riverbedThe Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will conduct a thorough bio-remediation of the Sabarmati riverfront in the coming months.
- Sharad Pawar introduces Agricultural Biosecurity Bill in Lok SabhaThe bill assumes importance as it intends to put in place a better regime of quarantining, controlling pests and "exotic species" that are ...
- Lotus plays havoc in Tamil NaduThe National Flower Lotus, reverentially used by Hindus in prayers, has become a menace in Kanyakumari, causing havoc to dozens of ponds an...
- UPL signs deal with US-based DuPontUnited Phosphorus Ltd on Wednesday said it has entered into an agreement with US-based EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for purch...
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