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Green but not good: Water hyacinth on Lake Victoria at Kichinjio Beach in Kisumu, Kenya, hamper fishermen’s efforts to make a living. In Lake Victoria, fisheries have declined from the depletion of tilapia caused by the spread of water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread terrestrial invasive alien species. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)
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Invasive alien species driving animal and plant extinctions

A major new report warns that invasive alien species wreaking havoc on nature and thus on nature’s contribution to people

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read