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Methodology

A carbon signal you can read at a glance.

Carbon markets reward clarity. Our per-farm widget compresses a full pre-feasibility report — boundary, vegetation, opportunity — into one honest number with its confidence and a credible range.

01

Boundary

We start with the registered farm boundary or a high-resolution KML provided by the seller.

02

Satellite

Sentinel-2 NDVI history and ESA WorldCover land-cover classes are clipped to the boundary.

03

Reconcile

The seller's prospectus is reconciled against satellite evidence — overlap is reported as a confidence score.

04

Estimate

An indicative tCO₂e/year range is produced, framed against current voluntary and SA carbon-tax benchmarks.

Worked example: Katbakkies

A 4 460 ha conservation farm in the Ceres / Witzenberg area. Indigenous fynbos and Karoo transition mosaic, three perennial fountains, and a documented 95% overlap between the seller's prospectus and satellite-derived land cover.

  • Adjusted credit range2 170 – 5 579 tCO₂e / yr
  • Base case3 409 tCO₂e / yr
  • Mean NDVI (2020 – 2025)0.12
  • Document overlap95% (Confirmed)
  • Base voluntary priceR 246 / tCO₂e
  • SA carbon tax 2026R 308 / tCO₂e

Indicative estimate only. Verified credits require approved methodology selection, validation, verification and registry issuance.

Carbon-readiness widget

High potential

Confidence

95%

Low

2 170 tCO₂e

screening floor

Base

3 409 tCO₂e

per year

High

5 579 tCO₂e

upside

Indicative revenue (ZAR/yr)

  • ConservativeR 284 227
  • BaseR 838 698
  • OptimisticR 2.29m

Land cover · NDVI 0.12

  • Grassland50.8%
  • Shrubland (fynbos)38.2%
  • Bare / sparse11.0%

Pre-feasibility opportunity. Document context confirmed against ESA WorldCover and Sentinel-2 NDVI. Strong fit for natural-veld restoration methodologies pending baseline and additionality memo.

Pre-feasibility · Sentinel-2 + ESA WorldCover · Not a verified issuance