South America
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| South America is within: | |
| Region: | Americas |
| Subregion: | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Countries in this intermediate region (14)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
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.
Resources
| Name | Species purview | Year published | Resource link | Descriptive keyword | Language | Geographic purview | Author |
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| Acridomorph species of Argentina and Uruguay | Management, Biology, Species identification | English | Argentina, Uruguay | National University of La Plata | |||
| Alertas Senasa App | App, Emergency alerts | Spanish | Argentina | The National Food Safety and Quality Service | |||
| Control recommendations for locust and grasshoppers in Argentina | 2020 | View | Management, Training manual | Spanish | Argentina | Chamber of Agricultural Health and Fertilizers, The National Food Safety and Quality Service | |
| FAO Plant Production and Protection Newsletter | View | Newsletter, Information hub | English | South America | FAO Plant Production and Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| GICSV 2020 International Year of the Plant Health technical reports | 2021 | Biology, Distribution, Population dynamics, Set | English | Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil | Inter-American Coordinating Group in Plant Protection | ||
| Regional alert system for the South American locust | 2023 | Emergency alerts, Early warning | Spanish | Argentina | Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur, National Agricultural Technology Institute, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture | ||
| Seminario de Cooperación Regional Langosta Sudamericana: Estado de situación y cooperación | 2020 | View | Video, Regional cooperation, Outbreaks, Report | Spanish | Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay | The National Food Safety and Quality Service | |
| SENASA locust bulletin | Emergency alerts | Spanish | Argentina | The National Food Safety and Quality Service | |||
| Situation of locust and grasshopper plagues in South America December 2022 | 2022 | View | Spanish | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay | Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur, The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria, National Plant and Seed Health and Quality Service, Servivio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, National Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery | ||
| South American Acridia management dashboard | 2023 | View | Management, Communication resource | Spanish | Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia | The National Food Safety and Quality Service | |
| South American locust control manual | 2018 | View | Management, Training manual | Spanish | Argentina | The National Food Safety and Quality Service | |
| South American locust NSF Grant for Rapid Response Research project summary | 2021 | Summary, Set, Project, Project report | English, Spanish, French | Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, United States | The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria, National Plant and Seed Health and Quality Service, Global Locust Initiative, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Arizona State University | ||
| South American locust WhatsApp Alert Channel | 2023 | Communication resource, Artificial intelligence, Emergency alerts | Spanish | Argentina | The National Food Safety and Quality Service | ||
| Synthesis of the governance workshop on the South American Locust | 2021 | Workshop, Summary, Governance, Set, Meeting, Project report | English, Spanish | Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States | Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Global Locust Initiative, Clara Therville, John Anderies, Hector Medina, Rick Overson, Eduardo Trumper, Arianne Cease |