{"id":23,"date":"2024-01-31T18:25:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/global-locust-initiative\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-05-28T16:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T23:10:27","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/global-locust-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 my-6 my-lg-12\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASU\u2019s Global Locust Initiative <span class=\"highlight-black\">engages key actors in locust research and management to develop partnerships and solutions for transboundary pest management in agroecosystems around the world.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6 mt-xl-10 mb-xl-8\">\n\t\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row mt-2\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"mt-0 pr-4\">Locusts and grasshoppers have a long history of coexisting with humans but their outbreaks and management continue to have devastating impacts on human livelihoods and broader ecosystems alike. Desert Locusts were recently recognized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/interconnectedrisks.org\/\">UN as one of 10 interconnected disasters<\/a> alongside COVID-19, the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and Amazon wildfires, indicating the scale and severity of their outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"uds-button mt-3 mb-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/global-locust-initiative\/about-gli\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon \" data-ga=\"About the initiative\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-type=\"internal link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"button\"    >About the initiative <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ASU Global Locust Initiative\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wv6ILNewGt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"uds-section bg-color bg-gray-1 mt-0\" ><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-758c19ab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-6)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Featured project<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card  card-horizontal \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/global-locust-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/01\/Home-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-content-wrapper\">\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Locust species<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Locusts are a special type of grasshopper whose outbreaks occur sporadically across much of the world and require extensive coordination to manage successfully. For some countries in Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and South America, recent outbreaks are the worst seen in many decades. Each locust species has a unique set of biological traits and a distinct geographic range which span a landscape of cultural, political and ecological diversity. As highly mobile pests, they also link distant regions together in feedback loops of human and ecological processes. As such, finding solutions to more sustainably manage these formidable pests requires approaches that consider this complexity and coordinate broadly across disciplines and countries.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/global-locust-initiative\/locusts\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Species information\">  Species information<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section bg-color bg-gray-7 pt-6 pt-xl-12 pb-6 pb-xl-10\" ><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container 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