Project summary

We might be able to save thousands of lives if we take action based on some findings by Frank and Sudarshan 2024, identifying a 4% increase in all-cause mortality (100k/year). This was caused by the collapse of the vulture population in India. Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal also suffered vulture population crashes. Vulture populations in Africa may also be at risk. This project searches for undiscovered highly cost-effective health intervention for human-health declines following diclofenac-caused vulture crashes.

What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?

1. Assess the excess deaths found in the original report by Frank and Sudarshan. 

2. Assess the causes and likelihood of a repeat crisis.

3. Identify and explore the best interventions against disease outbreaks from lost carcass disposal. 

4. Generate a Coefficient Giving style BOTEC calculation of the best intervention identified

How will this funding be used?

It will fund my research time (~40 hours) into the cost effectiveness of various interventions.

Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?

I'm the solo team member. So far I've done brief checks into nutrient cycling, water purification, disease control, and others to see if they were a) contingent on biodiversity b) replaceable with artificial systems. Other examples of my research here and here. Critique of this report will be provided by Jackson Wagner.

What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?

This research may determine there are no cost effective interventions available. This results in no further action.

How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?

This is a one-off short research proposal. None.

Results from this project:

Report (Summary 1 page)
BOTEC