“Launching Screwworm-Free Future – Funding and Support Request” by lroberts, johantang🔸, bruce, diegoexposito, Nia, MathiasKB🔸, Aaron Bergman, Johannes Pichler 🔹, Ramiro

“Launching Screwworm-Free Future – Funding and Support Request” by lroberts, johantang🔸, bruce, diegoexposito, Nia, MathiasKB🔸, Aaron Bergman, Johannes Pichler 🔹, Ramiro

TL;DR

  • Screwworm Free Future is a new group seeking support to advance work on eradicating the New World Screwworm in South America.
  • The New World Screwworm (C. hominivorax - literally "man-eater") causes extreme suffering to hundreds of millions of wild and domestic animals every year.
  • To date we’ve held private meetings with government officials, experts from the private sector, academics, and animal advocates. We believe that work on the NWS is valuable and we want to continue our research and begin lobbying.
  • Our analysis suggests we could prevent about 100 animals from experiencing an excruciating death per dollar donated, though this estimate has extreme uncertainty.
  • The screwworm “wall” in Panama has recently been breached, creating both an urgent need and an opportunity to address this problem.
  • We are seeking $15,000 to fund a part-time lead and could absorb up to $100,000 to build a full-time team, which would include a [...]

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Outline:

(00:07) TL;DR

(02:13) What's the deal with the New World Screwworm?

(06:01) What we've learnt so far

(08:46) Future plans

(12:14) Relevant EA discussions on Screwworms:

The original text contained 16 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
December 30th, 2024

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/d2HJ3eysBdPoiZBnJ/launching-screwworm-free-future-funding-and-support-request

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