the Desert Locust outlook for the Sahel this summer is ALARMING

DANGER

early summer rainssummer breeding (July onwards)

locust numbers increase (Aug-Sep)

CENTRAL REGION

winter breeding depends on rainfall (Red Sea)

CAUTION

SUMMER BREEDING(JULY-OCTOBER)

WINTER BREEDING(NOV-MAY)

POTENTIALTHREAT(JUNE)

EGYPT

SUDAN

SAUDIARABIA

N SOMALIA

YEMEN

OMAN

CALM

1 generation monsoon breedinglocust numbers increase slightly

decline after October

SW ASIA REGION

CALM

INDIA

PAKISTANSUMMER BREEDING

(JULY-OCTOBER)

MONSOON RAINS

SUMMER ADULTMIGRATION(OCT-DEC)

SPRING BREEDING(MAR-MAY)

CALM

2 generations of breeding (June-October)dramatic increase in locust numbers

threat to crops & food securityswarm invasion of NW Africa (Oct-Nov)

ALARMINGWESTERN REGION

EGG-LAYING

HOPPERS & BANDS

ADULTS & SWARMS

EGG-LAYING

HOPPER BANDS

SWARMS

JUNE JULY AUG SEP OCT 2012

CROPSCROPS

CROPS

LIBYAALGERIA

MOROCCO

SUDAN

JUNE 2012

NIGER

INSECURE

MALI

CHAD

MAURITANIA

THREAT

CHAD

LIBYAALGERIA

MOROCCO

SUDAN

OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012

NIGER

MAURITANIA

MALI

DANGER

mobilize survey & control teams (Niger, Mali)start summer surveys (Chad, Mauritania)

initiate public awareness campaignspesticide deployment

plan for 2 generations of control ops (June-Oct)plan for swarm invasion of NW Africa (Oct-Nov)

UN emergency funds & external assistance

ACT NOW !