Petition Provide emergency funding to safeguard anti-locust operations in East Africa

Aircraft fighting a locust invasion in East Afria will stop flying, unless £28m in emergency funding is secured.

Preventative action in locust epidemics is vital. Without action: livelihoods, food security and stability will be devastated.

UK aid can solve this crisis and keep planes flying.

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This year the UK government cut foreign aid by £5bn. The UK government could fund this lifesaving initiative, if it reversed just 0.56% of those cuts.

This is an opportunity for a Global Britain to move proactively in preventing a humanitarian crisis.

Anti-locust operations since January 2020 alone have helped avoid crop and dairy losses worth an est $1.2bn.

This action is the embodiment of UK aid goals, that we should: "Focus our efforts where the UK can make a world-leading difference."

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Date closed 2 August 2021
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