Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 19-Eligibility Report (English)

...unknown;11 these discoveries along hyacinth- free rocky shores indicated that it was unlikely that the hyacinth was playing any significant role in the survival of cichlid fish species. On the other hand, the hyacinth was implicated in increases in dangerous diseases such as bilharzia and malaria, and its negative economic effects were large; and (d) the proportion of the nutrients in their vicinity taken up by the hyacinth was unknown, but the fact that...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Compliance Report: 19-Investigation Report (English)

...unknown. These discoveries along the hyacinth free rocky shores indicated that it was unlikely that the hyacinth was playing any significant role in the survival of cichlid fish species."39 151. A crucial question concerns the fate of the water hyacinth seeds during and after shredding and sinking. The Management Response indicates that this was one of the issues raised with the experts consulted.40 The opinion was that: "Regeneration of water hyacinth af...