Methodology

Transparent inputs. Comparable outcomes.

A proposed nine-indicator framework and mock data contract, pending scientific validation.

Indicator definitions

Proposed scoring inputs

A calibration-ready carbon baseline, fusing soil inventories, samples, terrain, and multi-temporal Earth observation.

Soil inventories, field samples, terrain, and multi-temporal Earth observation

Near-real-time water stress and recovery, combining passive-microwave soil water content with weather and field context.

Passive microwave, weather reanalysis, and field sensors

Salinity exposure mapped from optical, thermal, and radar risk signals, then calibrated against field electrical conductivity.

Optical, thermal, radar, irrigation, and field EC records

The ability to convert observations into durable action: monitoring, farmer support, restoration targets, and transparent reporting.

Open policy, monitoring, and restoration records

Near-daily multispectral change detection for protective cover, phenology, disturbance, and restoration persistence.

Multispectral imagery, land-cover change, and phenology observations

A modelled ecosystem-health signal using habitat, land-use, and management-pressure observations, verified with field ecology.

Habitat and management pressure models with field ecology

Climate-adjusted productive capacity from crop biomass, land productivity, and production observations—not raw yield alone.

Optical-radar biomass, land productivity, and production records

Nutrient sufficiency and loss risk, integrating fertilizer and crop-removal accounts, soil tests, and nutrient-loss modelling.

Soil tests, crop accounts, national reporting, and loss models

Risk to roots and infiltration inferred from machinery intensity, terrain, moisture, and field physical measurements.

Land-use intensity, terrain, moisture, and field physical data