An evaluation workshop was held last week in Garoua, for measures to curb this situation.

In hibernation for several years already, the project to fight against water hyacinth and invasive aquatic plants is again on track. This problem, as revealed to our reporter by the inspector general at the ministry development sustainable environment, and Nature Protection (Minepded), Barthélemy Ndongo, also head of the project, is of national concern.

With regard to the watershed of the Benue, the project started there two years ago, as stated by the head of the mission of the minepded, carried in a first stage the establishment of the mapping of invasive plants on the reservoir of Lagdo, for the purposes of identifying critical points which should be plucked them out.

After that, work equipments were provided and the first initiation trials by the populations for the collection and recovery of these invasive aquatic plants were carried out. Water stagnation and invasive aquatic plants, said experts, contain many harmful effects on the environment.

They said, silting of water blanks, their shrink, or even their disappearance, cause the deterioration of the quality of the water, prevent the passage of light rays and by implication, the disappearance of certain fish species, as well as inland, among others. Debates and strong fed exchanges punctuated this evaluation workshop.