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Forecasting the Future of Animals: $3,400 in prizes

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22 comments

Will a wild animal be infected with the New World screwworm in the contiguous US, before 2027?

66.7% chance

7
55 comments
35
35 forecasters
66.7%chance

How many New World Screwworm animal cases will be confirmed in the US in 2026?

59.4 animal cases (33.3 - 129)

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33 comments
8
8 forecasters
59.4 animal cases
(33.3 - 129)

Will a UK public body use an AI-generated map to identify areas with sufficient ecological monitoring coverage for trend analysis before 2030?

50% chance

22 comments
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11 forecasters
50%chance

Will a publicly accessible UK Ecological Resilience Dashboard cover โ‰ฅ50% of land with multi-modal weekly data before 2035?

40% chance

33 comments
8
8 forecasters
40%chance

Will wildfires destroy a total exceeding 10Mha of global tree cover in any year, before 2031?

41% chance

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22 comments
71
71 forecasters
41%chance

Will Brazil reach zero primary forest loss before 2030?

5% chance

2
88 comments
17
17 forecasters
5%chance

How many chickens will be slaughtered for meat globally in the following years?

12
1010 comments
81
81 forecasters

How many American state ballots will have a factory farm ban on them by the end of 2030 due to Pro-Animal Future?

0 comments
1
1 forecaster

Does $100k to fund plant-based hamburger R&D have a greater animal welfare benefit than $100k to corporate animal welfare campaigns for chickens?

52.4% chance

0 comments
3
3 forecasters
52.4%chance

Predict the median of experts' beliefs over "Does $100k to fund plant-based hamburger R&D have a greater animal welfare benefit than $100k to corporate animal welfare campaigns for chickens?"

0 comments

Does $100k to fund cultured meat development have a greater animal welfare benefit than $100k to corporate animal welfare campaigns for chickens?

42% chance

0 comments
6
6 forecasters
42%chance

Predict the median of experts' beliefs over "Does $100k to fund cultured meat development have a greater animal welfare benefit than $100k to corporate animal welfare campaigns for chickens?"

0.726 0-100% stated probability (0.684 - 0.767)

0 comments
2
2 forecasters
0.726 0-100% stated probability
(0.684 - 0.767)

What percent of Earth's marine area will be protected for wildlife on the following dates?

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11 comment
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5 forecasters

How many Pro-Animal Future city chapters will there be by the end of 2026?

0 comments
1
1 forecaster

What percent of Earth's land will be protected for wildlife on the following dates?

8
66 comments
8
8 forecasters

When will the first course on wild animal welfare be taught at a top university?

>31 Dec 2024 (30 Aug 2024 - >31 Dec 2024)

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3232 comments
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47 forecasters
>31 Dec 2024
(30 Aug 2024 - >31 Dec 2024)

Five years after AGI, how many animals will be slaughtered in factory farms?

81.8B billion animals (49.4B - 105B)

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1010 comments
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22 forecasters
81.8B billion animals
(49.4B - 105B)

2030: $10M for plant data citizen science โ†’ 2035: plant farm use DB >25% species?

11 comment
1
1 forecaster

Will more than 33% of the earth's land area be covered by forest in 2050?

22% chance

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1010 comments
32
32 forecasters
22%chance

PhilPapers survey mini-series: Impermissibility of eating animals and animal products

42.7 (30.2 - 56.6)

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1414 comments
65
65 forecasters
42.7
(30.2 - 56.6)

What percent of Earth's land will be protected for wildlife on January 1, 2050?

27.2% (21 - 34.5)

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33 comments
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22 forecasters
27.2%
(21 - 34.5)

Future Perfect 2019 Series: Q4 - More animals will be killed for US human consumption in 2019 than in 2018

result: yes

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3030 comments
81
81 forecasters
ResolvedYes

How many countries will be awarded a B or better for farm animal welfare protection by to the Animal Protection Index by end of 2022?

16.8 (13.2 - 21.3)

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88 comments
17
17 forecasters
16.8
(13.2 - 21.3)