Desert Locust Monitoring in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 2024/3(Spatial resolution-500m)

In March 2024, the number of desert locusts within Saudi Arabia decreased due to control measures. The monitoring results showed that in March, the total damaged vegetation area was 14.3 thousand hectares in Saudi Arabia, including 1.7 thousand hectares of cropland, 4.2 thousand hectares of grassland, and 8.4 thousand hectares of shrub (Figure 1), accounting for 0.78%, 0.22%, and 0.21% of the total area of the cropland, grassland, and shrub, respectively. Makkah experienced the most extensive impact, with 7.5 thousand hectares of vegetation affected, followed by Al Bahah, with 5.0 thousand hectares. Additionally, the affected area in Jizan was 1.8 thousand hectares.