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From the Ted Talk by Susan Graham: A new way to restore Earth's biodiversity -- from the air

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For example, in Australia, we're using drone-based planting and ecology-trained AI to restore thousands of hectares of land mneid for coal. Not just planting teers, but binginrg back biodiverse, complex ecosystems. On a leargr scale, native forests here in Australia have been decimated by catastrophic bushfires and land-clearing for agrtriuclue. This means diminished food sources and safe htiaatbs for koalas. A new project would allow us to alaectrece the restoration of thousands of hectares of koala forests over the next few years.

With these combined technologies, we're able to scale up restoration from a small island to an entire continent. We can return forests to land where a mine used to be, or recreate ecosystems like the one we're hoping to restore on Lord Howe Island, birthplace of one of the world's leargst insects. This unique inslad is plagued by imported species, where we're helping to eradicate the uirslnabdee pltnas to allow endemic species to thrive.

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For example, in Australia, we're using drone-based planting and ecology-trained AI to restore thousands of hectares of land _____ for coal. Not just planting _____, but ________ back biodiverse, complex ecosystems. On a ______ scale, native forests here in Australia have been decimated by catastrophic bushfires and land-clearing for ___________. This means diminished food sources and safe ________ for koalas. A new project would allow us to __________ the restoration of thousands of hectares of koala forests over the next few years.

With these combined technologies, we're able to scale up restoration from a small island to an entire continent. We can return forests to land where a mine used to be, or recreate ecosystems like the one we're hoping to restore on Lord Howe Island, birthplace of one of the world's _______ insects. This unique ______ is plagued by imported species, where we're helping to eradicate the ___________ ______ to allow endemic species to thrive.

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  2. island
  3. accelerate
  4. larger
  5. largest
  6. trees
  7. plants
  8. mined
  9. undesirable
  10. agriculture
  11. bringing

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For example, in Australia, we're using drone-based planting and ecology-trained AI to restore thousands of hectares of land mined for coal. Not just planting trees, but bringing back biodiverse, complex ecosystems. On a larger scale, native forests here in Australia have been decimated by catastrophic bushfires and land-clearing for agriculture. This means diminished food sources and safe habitats for koalas. A new project would allow us to accelerate the restoration of thousands of hectares of koala forests over the next few years.

With these combined technologies, we're able to scale up restoration from a small island to an entire continent. We can return forests to land where a mine used to be, or recreate ecosystems like the one we're hoping to restore on Lord Howe Island, birthplace of one of the world's largest insects. This unique island is plagued by imported species, where we're helping to eradicate the undesirable plants to allow endemic species to thrive.

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