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Process

From title deed to carbon credit

A carbon sink project starts with soil analysis on the day the decision is made and runs for 20 years. Each step produces the record that lets the next one be measured.

A technician taking a soil core sample on site

Starting point

Why does it start with soil analysis?

The carbon account rests on the soil’s baseline carbon stock and on which species can grow in it. This analysis is the most expensive first step, but it is also the reference point for the feasibility study and every measurement that follows.

  1. Decision

    Initial assessment

    Parcel details, ownership and land classification are reviewed. Land classified as forest is ruled out at this stage.

    The shadow of a drone falling across bare steppe
  2. Soil

    Soil analysis and feasibility

    The project begins with laboratory analysis of samples taken on site. Baseline carbon stock, species selection and the project’s 20-year carbon potential are calculated from this data.

    Soil sample jars arranged from pale to dark
  3. Land

    Purchase or lease

    If feasibility is positive, the land is brought into the project on terms that fit its ownership: purchase or long-term lease for private land, lease for treasury and foundation land.

    A GNSS survey pole set on a stake at the corner of a parcel
  4. Planting

    Establishing the forest

    Skytech Green field crews carry out sapling planting and seeding. Every planting point is recorded with its coordinates.

    Aerial view of a crew planting in parallel rows across a wide slope
  5. Measurement

    Aerial monitoring

    The Skytech Havacılık fleet flies the site at regular intervals; surviving sapling counts, growth and biomass gain are calculated from the imagery.

    A mapping drone flying over young pine rows at dusk
  6. Certificate

    Verification and issuance

    Measurement data is reported against the methodologies of international standards such as Verra (VCS) and Gold Standard and independently audited.

    An auditor with a diameter tape and clipboard walking among five-year-old pines
  7. Market

    Selling the carbon

    Verified carbon credits are sold on the international carbon market to companies that must offset their emissions.

    Top-down view of a young forest canopy in regular rows
  8. Year 20

    Planned harvest

    At the end of the project term a planned harvest takes place; timber is the model’s second revenue stream.

    Stacked pine logs at the edge of a mature plantation
False-colour vegetation map in which every sapling shows as a separate dot

Measurement

Carbon is only worth what can be measured

Measurement, reporting and verification are the backbone of a carbon project. The Skytech Havacılık fleet extends sample measurements taken on the ground across the whole site with data collected from the air.

Position
RTK-assisted mapping to ±2.5 cm; every planting point recorded by coordinates
Imagery
Multispectral imaging for plant health and surviving sapling counts
Growth
Recurring flights tracking height, crown and biomass gain
Ground
Field measurements on sample plots to calibrate the aerial data
A mapping drone flying over a young afforestation site

Model

Twenty years of one site

As the forest grows, the carbon it binds becomes credits at each verification period and is sold. At the end of the term a planned harvest adds a second revenue stream. Most of the cost falls in the establishment years.

350 ha model project · pre-feasibility

Establishment and operating cost
3,7million $
20-year carbon revenue
26million $
End-of-term harvest revenue
13million $
Total gross revenue
≈ 39million $

Figures are estimates from a pre-feasibility study and vary with the land, species mix, regulation and carbon price. Not investment advice.

Contact

Let’s start with the parcel details

Share your land’s location and title details; we will make an initial assessment and plan the next step with you.

Enquiry form +90 850 308 2600 skytechhavacilik@gmail.com