Namibia
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| Namibia is within: | |
| Region: | Africa |
| Subregion: | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Intermediate region: | Southern Africa |
Species gallery
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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 |
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| Information Core for Southern African Migratory Pests | ICOSAMP | View | Other | Governance, Information Hub, Management, Education | Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform | MAWLR | View | Government | Management | Namibia |
Resources
| Name | Species purview | Year published | Resource link | Descriptive keyword | Language | Geographic purview | Author |
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| Regional appeal to contain the African Migratory Locust October 2020 | 2020 | View | Report, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Summary, Monitoring, Forecasting, Decision making, Management, Integrated pest management, After action review, Emergency appeal | English | Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Locust Pesticide Referee Group |
Highlighted media coverage
| Name | Author | Language | Species purview | Substance | Resource link | Year published |
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| Farmers worry as Namibia battles its worst brown locust outbreak | English | News article | 2022 | |||
| On the frontlines: Battling Namibia’s worst locust crisis | United Nations | English | News article | 2021 |
Projects
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