#Water hyacinth pest chokes Iraq’s vital waterways
“#Water hyacinth pest chokes Iraq’s vital waterways” The water hyacinth—nicknamed the “Nile flower” in Iraq—is an invasive plant native to South America’s Amazon basin that has ravaged ecosystems across the world, from Sri Lanka to Nigeria The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking—but they are suffocating the waterways of…