Kenyan Villagers Turn Invasive Plant into Moneymaker

Lake Victoria. 

Photo: Lukas Bergstrom / Creative Commons.

The rapid growth of invasive water hyacinths has taken a serious toll on Kenya's Lake Victoria, creating inhospitable conditions for the fish local people depend on, while sheltering other unwelcome guests: disease-carrying snails and deadly snakes. But with a little help from a U.S.-based organization, villagers living near the lake are turning this environmental crisis into an economic opportunity.

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