Gambia

Gambia
Gambia is within:
Region:	Africa
Subregion:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Intermediate region:	Western Africa

Species gallery

• Highlighted species for Gambia
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  Cataloipus fuscocoeruleipes
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  Bird locust (Ornithacris cavroisi)
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  Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis)
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  Slender green-winged grasshopper (Aiolopus thalassinus)
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  Pyrgomorpha vignaudii
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  Oedaleus nigeriensis
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  Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus)
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  Mediterranean splendid grasshopper (Heteracris littoralis)

Organizations

Locusts and grasshoppers are typically managed through a national plant protection system led by a country’s plant protection organization, ministry of agriculture, or equivalent biosecurity authority. They are often supported by specialized pest control branches, natural resource agencies, and regional bodies when outbreaks cross borders. These agencies are usually the first point of contact for surveillance, reporting, permits, quarantine decisions, and control operations. If the country belongs to one of the FAO locust commissions, those bodies provide a regional framework for early warning, field surveillance, information sharing, and coordinated response, helping countries align monitoring, contingency planning, and control actions across borders.

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Geographic purview
FAO Desert Locust Control Committee	DLCC	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Governance	Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, [[United Arab Em...
Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel	CLISS	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Regional Cooperation	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo
Sahel Institute	INSAH	View	Intergovernmental Organization, University	Development, Governance, Research, Management, Information Hub	Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cape Verde

Resources

Name	Species purview	Year published	Resource link	Descriptive keyword	Language	Geographic purview	Author
Liste globale des pesticides autorisés par le Comité Sahélien des Pesticides		2020	View	Pesticides, Policy	French	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo	Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

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