8/10/2019 Green Marketing plan sample
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!ha#ter $% &ntro'uction$($( Backgroun' o the #ro)lem
Why is Water Hyacinth consi'ere' to )e a nuisance*
+hysical +ro)lems , Water hyacinth mats clog -ater-ays. making
)oating. /shing an'
almost all other -ater activities im#ossi)le( Water 0o- through
-ater hyacinth mats isgreatly 'iminishe'. an acre o -ater hyacinth
can -eigh more than 122 tons3in estations can )e many acres in
si4e(
Ecological &m#acts , Water hyacinth mats 'egra'e -ater
5uality )y )locking#hotosynthesis. -hich greatly re'uces o6ygen
levels in the -ater( 7his creates acasca'ing efect )y re'ucing
other un'er-ater li e such as /sh an' other #lants( Waterhyacinth
also re'uces )iological 'iversity. im#acts native su)merse' #lants.
altersimmerse' #lant communities )y #ushing a-ay an' crushing them.
an' also alter animalcommunities )y )locking access to the -ater
an'8or eliminating #lants the animals'e#en' on or shelter an'
nesting(
Ho- 'oes Water Hyacinth afect recreational users*
Due to the #hysical an' ecological #ro)lems create' )y Water
Hyacinth. anglers.)oaters. 9!:BA 'ivers an' s-immers are "ust a e-
o the grou#s that are signi/cantlyafecte'( Water Hyacinth 'egra'es
-ater 5uality. -hich re'uces /shing o##ortunities(When Water
Hyacinth takes over a -ater -ay. it limits the use an' essentially
makes itvery 'i;cult or )oaters an' s-immers( Also. -hen mats o
Water Hyacinth are orme'.un'er-ater visi)ility an' )io'iversity is
signi/cantly com#romise' an' 9!:BA 'ivers areuna)le to en"oy
various un'er-ater eatures(
$(1( 9tatement o the Research #ro)lem
Water Hyacinth can )e o a great hea'ache or those afecte'
communities( Notonly it clogs -ater #assages )ut also afects
livelihoo' o #eo#le that gets living in-aters. contamination is
also one o its 'isa'vantages(
7his stu'y aims to 'etermine green or environmental rien'ly -ays
to get ri' an'or minimi4e the e6istence o -ater hyacinths in areas
that it serves nothing )ut -astean' #ro)lem(
$(1($( What are the green -ays to hel# re'uce the volume o -ater
hyacinths in
afecte' )o'ies o -ater*
$(1(1( What ty#e o -ays can )e suita)le or the mem)ers o
community -hen itcomes to recycling -ater hyacinths*
$(1(< Ho- can these -ater #lants turne' into -ay o living
instea' o re'ucinglivelihoo'*
