Madhavan stood proudly next to a young mahogany (红木) tree. It’s one of 100 he planted on his _________ in Meenangadi. His two _________ of land in the village are used to plant _________ crops—coffee, black pepper and betel nut, but the worsening environment has _________ his production.

Now the mahogany _________ is one of his only reliable sources of income, _________ him up to 5,000 rupees (卢比) a year—and all he has to do is to keep the _________ standing.

The 84-year-old _________ is being paid to plant and _________ trees through a “tree banking” program, which __________ to create India’s first carbon-neutral (碳中和) village by 2025.

Madhavan got his saplings (树苗) __________ from the village council (村委会)，which will lend him 50 rupees per __________ for every year if he does not __________ it down until 2031. At that point, the loan is written off (一笔勾销) and he can do what he likes with the trees without __________ back, including cutting them to __________ and make money.

“Every morning, I spend some time __________ these trees. I am really happy to say that except for three which died __________, all are steadfastly growing,” Madhavan said, “Sooner or later, my farm will become a small __________ filled with greenery.”

The tree-banking project gives farmers an ongoing __________ to protect trees so as to make the climate better, said Jayakumar, director of the carbon-neutral program. “The message here is that climate __________ is being linked with climate justice (气候正义), he said.