How it works

A simple carbon score for every farm.

Carbon is becoming part of what a farm is worth. Our score puts the basics — what's on the land and how much carbon it could store — into one clear number, with a low and high range so you know what to expect.

01

Map the farm

We start with the farm's registered boundary or a map shared by the owner.

02

Look from above

We pull recent satellite images to see what's growing and how green the land is.

03

Cross-check

We compare what the owner says about the land with what the satellite shows. The match becomes our confidence score.

04

Estimate

We work out how many tonnes of carbon the land could store each year, and what that could be worth.

Example: Malelane Nature Estate

A remarkable 6 612 ha nature estate bordering the Kruger lowveld, with mixed bushveld, riverine corridors and big-five potential. Marketing price excludes 15% VAT.

  • Carbon range3 100 – 7 900 tonnes / year
  • Likely figure4 900 tonnes / year
  • Land greenness (5-year average)0.46
  • Confidence (satellite + document overlap)88%
  • Carbon market priceR 246 / tonne
  • SA carbon tax (2026)R 308 / tonne

This is an early estimate to help you compare farms. To actually sell carbon credits, the land still needs formal verification.

Green-farm signals

What the satellite sees

Match with owner

88%

Green-farm signals

Greenness (NDVI, 5-yr)

0.46

vegetation vigour

Vegetated cover

96%

grass, shrub, tree, crop

Match with owner

88%

satellite vs document

Land cover (satellite)

ESA WorldCover

  • Bushveld72%
  • Riverine14%
  • Grassland10%
  • Bare4%

Greenness over time (NDVI)

2021 – 2025 · Sentinel-2

Seasonal vegetation vigour — higher = greener / more biomass

Then the carbon story

High potential

Once we know what's on the land, we estimate how much carbon it could store each year — with a low and high range.

Low

3 100 tonnes

cautious estimate

Likely

4 900 tonnes

per year

High

7 900 tonnes

best case

Possible income per year

  • CautiousR 405 000
  • LikelyR 1.21m
  • Best caseR 3.25m

Strong fit for avoided-deforestation and rewilding methodologies given mature bushveld cover and riverine connectivity.

Early estimate from satellite data · not a verified carbon credit