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The correct answer is forest. The lecturer says around ninety per cent of Madagascar's native forest has been cleared.

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Around ninety per cent of its native forest has been cleared over the last few centuries, and the species that depend on that forest are in serious trouble.

The correct answer is slopes. The lecture says forest loss was concentrated on the steeper slopes around the valleys, where erosion quickly became severe.

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The forest losses were concentrated on the steeper slopes around the valleys, where the soil is shallow and the loss of tree cover quickly led to severe erosion.

The correct answer is nursery. The first physical infrastructure was a village nursery where seeds could be raised under controlled conditions.

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The first piece of physical infrastructure we built was a village nursery, a small fenced enclosure with shade cloth, where seeds collected from surviving forest patches could be raised under controlled conditions

The correct answer is seedlings. The lecturer states that around fifty thousand seedlings were planted out in the first full season.

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Once the nursery was working, in the first full season we planted around fifty thousand seedlings out onto the slopes.

The correct answer is goats. The lecturer says young trees were threatened by browsing domestic animals, especially goats, so fencing was installed to keep them out.

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the goats are everywhere, and a goat will eat almost any tree species when young. So we had to install long stretches of wire fencing around the planting areas, specifically to keep the goats out.

The correct answer is women. The contracted workforce for planting, weeding, fencing and maintenance was drawn mainly from local women.

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the contracted workforce, the people paid to plant, weed, fence and maintain, would be drawn primarily from local women.

The correct answer is solar. The lecturer says the nursery pumps run without grid electricity because they are powered by solar panels.

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The water pumps that supply the nursery are powered entirely by solar panels, there is no grid electricity at the site

The correct answer is coffee. The note asks for the shade-grown crop that, together with honey, helps fund the project.

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The revenue comes principally from two sources: honey from beehives placed inside the regenerating areas, and shade grown coffee planted on the lower edges of the project zone.

The correct answer is tourism. The lecturer says tourism was an unexpected outcome, with visitors coming to see the recovering forest and the lemurs that had returned.

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One genuinely unexpected outcome has been tourism. A small but growing number of visitors now travel to the village specifically to see the recovering forest and the lemurs that have returned to it, and the village now runs guided walks for them.

The correct answer is monitoring. The lecturer says projects fail if they walk away after planting, so long-term success depends on continuous monitoring.

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Long term success absolutely depends on continuous monitoring of the planted areas, checking survival rates, replacing failures, watching for new threats.