KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS HOW IT COULD BE GAMED TH E C O NT RO L TH A T C LOSE S I T mature wild tree as a new planting. species and size consistency across the windows; geofence binding. One grove claimed by multiple sponsors. One-plot-per-registration; tamperevident geotag; audited sponsor reporting. Table 13.2, Green Kerala: gaming vectors and controls. Objections, answered Green Kerala’s objections mirror Water’s, plus the carbon-credibility question. Q. Tree drives always fail; why would this be different? A. Because the reward is moved from planting to survival. Under a planting-count incentive the rational act is to plant cheaply and never return; under a survival-score incentive that earns almost nothing, because provisional points evaporate when the six-month follow-up fails. The program pays for the living tree, so planters choose hardy native species and tend them. Q. Can you really verify survival from photos? A. Re-imaging the same geotagged location at six and twelve months, with species and size consistency checks against the registration baseline, gives a credible survival signal, cross-checked against satellite indices where available. It is not a 197