This lagoon has 1,700 hectares of weeds
How do you clear a lagoon choked with weeds? Weeds choke waterways, frustrating farming and fishing at Chia Lagoon
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Floating weeds block waterways and fields at Chia Lagoon, affecting farmers and fishers in Nkhotakota district.
1,700 hectares
Automated source checks; reported 2026-09-23. Cover supplied by Mongabay: https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/09/23230335/chia-1-768x512.jpg
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Automated source checks; reported 2026-09-23. Cover supplied by Mongabay: https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/09/23230335/chia-1-768x512.jpg
Added 27 Sept 2026. Latest activity 23 Sept 2026.