The Commission de Lutte Contre le Criquet Pèlerin en Afrique du Nord-Ouest (CLCPANO) was a regional body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, established in the 1970s to coordinate desert locust surveillance, prevention, and control in North-West Africa. It united key members including Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Mauritania for technical cooperation, information exchange, and joint actions against transboundary threats from the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria).^[1]

Key Activities

CLCPANO pioneered the Maghrebian Strike Force (MSF) in the early-mid 1990s, funded by the Islamic Development Bank, FAO, and member countries (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia), enabling multinational cross-border operations mainly in Mauritania and Mali when national efforts faltered, though MSF remained vulnerable to insecurity. Its successor, CLCPRO, advanced this model with its $6.5M regional fund (established in 2016) for proactive invasion control.^[2]

Evolution and Legacy

CLCPANO was restructured into the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) in 2002, incorporating West African nations (e.g., Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal) from OCLALAV. CLCPANO's preventive model influenced successors with regional funds (e.g., CLCPRO's $6.5M endowment) for sustained IPM. Its work laid groundwork for EMPRES, emphasizing political-institutional coordination over purely technical fixes.^[2]

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FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa
Acronym:	CLCPANO
Website:	View URL
Geography
Geographic purview:
	Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia; Mauritania;
Species
Species purview:
	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria);
Categories
Type:	Intergovernmental Organization
Focus:
	Governance; Education; Management; Research;
Keywords:
	Training; Regional cooperation; Monitoring; Control; Natural sciences;

↑ FAO (no date) Climate Change and Desert Locusts in Western Africa. Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO). [1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Showler AT, Lecoq M (2021) Incidence and ramifications of armed conflict in countries with major desert locust breeding areas. Agronomy 11(1): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010114.

[FAO_Climate_Change-1] FAO (no date) Climate Change and Desert Locusts in Western Africa. Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO). [1]

[Showler_and_Lecoq_2021-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Showler AT, Lecoq M (2021) Incidence and ramifications of armed conflict in countries with major desert locust breeding areas. Agronomy 11(1): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010114.

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