Grazing Land: Carbon Capture and Storage
Commons · Question 33099 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using grass pasture for carbon storage.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Mar 2025
Defra is informed by work in its advisory bodies on this topic. Natural England produced an assessment of carbon storage by different habitats in 2021 and found that old species-rich grasslands with minimal inputs can store significant amounts of carbon. ...